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Job continued,

“Don’t all human beings have to work hard on this earth?
    Aren’t their days like the days of hired workers?
I’ve been like a slave
    who longs for the evening shadows to come.
I’ve been like a hired worker
    who is waiting to be paid.
I’ve been given several months that were useless to me.
    My nights have been filled with suffering.

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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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