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10 In the noontime of life[a] I said,
    I must depart!
To the gates of Sheol I have been consigned
    for the rest of my years.(A)

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  1. 38:10 In the noontime of life: long before the end of a full span of life; cf. Ps 55:24; 102:25.

10 I said, “In the prime of my life(A)
    must I go through the gates of death(B)
    and be robbed of the rest of my years?(C)

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11 I said, I shall see the Lord[a] no more
    in the land of the living.
Nor look on any mortals
    among those who dwell in the world.

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  1. 38:11 See the Lord: go to the Temple and take part in its service.

11 I said, “I will not again see the Lord himself(A)
    in the land of the living;(B)
no longer will I look on my fellow man,
    or be with those who now dwell in this world.

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12 My dwelling, like a shepherd’s tent,
    is struck down and borne away from me;
You have folded up my life, like a weaver
    who severs me from the last thread.[a](A)
From morning to night you make an end of me;

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  1. 38:12 These two metaphors emphasize the suddenness and finality of death.

12 Like a shepherd’s tent(A) my house
    has been pulled down(B) and taken from me.
Like a weaver I have rolled(C) up my life,
    and he has cut me off from the loom;(D)
    day and night(E) you made an end of me.

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16 Those live whom the Lord protects;
    yours is the life of my spirit.
You have given me health and restored my life!

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16 Lord, by such things people live;
    and my spirit finds life in them too.
You restored me to health
    and let me live.(A)

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