10 I said,
“In the prime of my life
I shall go to the gates of Sheol;
I am deprived of the remainder of my years.”

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Yes, we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should (A)not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead,

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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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18 (A)Their soul abhorred all manner of food,
And they (B)drew near to the gates of death.

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Oh, remember that (A)my life is a breath!
My eye will never again see good.

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Hezekiah’s Life Extended(A)

38 In (B)those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, went to him and said to him, “Thus says the Lord: (C)‘Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.’ ”

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11 (A)My days are past,
My purposes are broken off,
Even the [a]thoughts of my heart.
12 They change the night into day;
‘The light is near,’ they say, in the face of darkness.
13 If I wait for the grave as my house,
If I make my bed in the darkness,
14 If I say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’
And to the worm, ‘You are my mother and my sister,’
15 Where then is my (B)hope?
As for my hope, who can see it?
16 Will they go down (C)to the gates of [b]Sheol?
Shall we have (D)rest together in the dust?”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 17:11 desires
  2. Job 17:16 The abode of the dead

11 “What strength do I have, that I should hope?
And what is my end, that I should prolong my life?

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