19 I should have been as though I had not been,
Brought from womb to tomb.’
20 Would He not leave (A)my few days alone?
[a](B)Withdraw from me so that I may have a little cheerfulness
21 Before I go—(C)and I shall not return—
(D)To the land of darkness and (E)deep shadow,

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Footnotes

  1. Job 10:20 Lit Put

19 If only I had never come into being,
    or had been carried straight from the womb to the grave!(A)
20 Are not my few days(B) almost over?(C)
    Turn away from me(D) so I can have a moment’s joy(E)
21 before I go to the place of no return,(F)
    to the land of gloom and utter darkness,(G)

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