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13 “I wish you would hide me in ·the grave [L Sheol; C the grave or the underworld];
    ·hide [conceal] me until your anger is gone.
I wish you would set a ·time [limit]
    and then remember me!
14 Will the dead live again [C the implied answer is no]?
    All my days are ·a struggle [L hard service];
    I will wait until my ·change [L release] comes.
15 You ·will call [L would summon me], and I ·will [or would] answer you;
    you ·will [or would] desire the ·creature your hands have made [L work of your hands].
16 ·Then [or Now] you ·will count [count] my steps [C meaning God would focus negatively on Job’s sin],
    but you ·will [or would] not keep track of my sin [C in a hypothetical future].
17 My wrongs ·will [or would] be closed up in a bag,
    and you ·will [or would] cover up my sin.

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13 “If only you would hide me in the grave(A)
    and conceal me till your anger has passed!(B)
If only you would set me a time
    and then remember(C) me!(D)
14 If someone dies, will they live again?
    All the days of my hard service(E)
    I will wait for my renewal[a](F) to come.
15 You will call and I will answer you;(G)
    you will long for the creature your hands have made.(H)
16 Surely then you will count my steps(I)
    but not keep track of my sin.(J)
17 My offenses will be sealed(K) up in a bag;(L)
    you will cover over my sin.(M)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 14:14 Or release