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12 Am I a monster of the deep, or a sea serpent,
    that you place me under guard?[a]
13 When I say, ‘I will find comfort in my bed,
    and my couch will soothe my complaints,’
14 you then frighten me with dreams
    and terrify me with visions,

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Footnotes

  1. Job 7:12 This is a very poetic and Semitic way of representing the dominion of God over the forces of the universe.

12 Am I the sea,(A) or the monster of the deep,(B)
    that you put me under guard?(C)
13 When I think my bed will comfort me
    and my couch will ease my complaint,(D)
14 even then you frighten me with dreams
    and terrify(E) me with visions,(F)

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