19 How long?
Will You not look away from me,
And let me alone till I swallow my saliva?

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19 Will you never look away from me,(A)
    or let me alone even for an instant?(B)

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20 (A)Are not my days few?
Cease! (B)Leave me alone, that I may take a little comfort,

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20 Are not my few days(A) almost over?(B)
    Turn away from me(C) so I can have a moment’s joy(D)

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21 Before I go to the place from which I shall not return,
(A)To the land of darkness (B)and the shadow of death,

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21 before I go to the place of no return,(A)
    to the land of gloom and utter darkness,(B)

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(A)Look away from him that he may [a]rest,
Till (B)like a hired man he finishes his day.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 14:6 Lit. cease

So look away from him and let him alone,(A)
    till he has put in his time like a hired laborer.(B)

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24 (A)I said, “O my God,
Do not take me away in the midst of my days;
(B)Your years are throughout all generations.

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24 So I said:
“Do not take me away, my God, in the midst of my days;
    your years go on(A) through all generations.

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