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“Man has a hard task on earth.
    His days are like those of a hired man.
Man is like a slave wishing for the evening shadows.
    Or he is like a hired man who wants his pay.
But I am given months that are empty.
    Nights of misery have been given to me.

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“Do not mortals have hard service(A) on earth?(B)
    Are not their days like those of hired laborers?(C)
Like a slave longing for the evening shadows,(D)
    or a hired laborer waiting to be paid,(E)
so I have been allotted months of futility,
    and nights of misery have been assigned to me.(F)

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