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18 They couldn’t stand the thought of food,
    and they were knocking on death’s door.

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For my life is full of troubles,
    and death[a] draws near.

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  1. 88:3 Hebrew Sheol.

13 Lord, have mercy on me.
    See how my enemies torment me.
    Snatch me back from the jaws of death.

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19 “Or God disciplines people with pain on their sickbeds,
    with ceaseless aching in their bones.
20 They lose their appetite
    for even the most delicious food.
21 Their flesh wastes away,
    and their bones stick out.
22 They are at death’s door;
    the angels of death wait for them.

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10 I said, “In the prime of my life,
    must I now enter the place of the dead?[a]
    Am I to be robbed of the rest of my years?”

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  1. 38:10 Hebrew enter the gates of Sheol?

17 Do you know where the gates of death are located?
    Have you seen the gates of utter gloom?

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