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My skin[a] is covered with worms and clods of dirt;
    my skin becomes rough and then breaks out afresh.
My days pass as swiftly as a hand-loom;
    they come to their conclusion without hope.
Remember that my life is a breath;
    my eyes won’t go back to seeing good things.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 7:5 Or flesh
  2. Job 7:7 The Heb. lacks things

My body is clothed with worms(A) and scabs,
    my skin is broken and festering.(B)

“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,(C)
    and they come to an end without hope.(D)
Remember, O God, that my life is but a breath;(E)
    my eyes will never see happiness again.(F)

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