1. Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
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2. As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:
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4. When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
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9. As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.
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11. Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
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20. I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
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21. And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
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