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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 “Oh that You would hide me in [a]Sheol,
That You would conceal me (A)until Your wrath returns to You,
That You would set a limit for me and remember me!
14 If a man dies, will he live again?
All the days of my struggle I will wait
Until my relief comes.
15 You will call, and I will answer You;
You will long for (B)the work of Your hands.
16 For now You (C)number my steps,
You do not (D)observe my sin.
17 My wrongdoing is (E)sealed up in a bag,
And You cover over my [b]guilt.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 14:13 I.e., the netherworld
  2. Job 14:17 Or unjust deed