13 When I say, “My bed will comfort me,
and my couch will ease my complaint,”
14 then you frighten me with dreams,
and terrify me with visions,(A)
15 so that I prefer strangling[a]
death rather than life in this body.[b](B)

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  1. 7:15 Or suffocation
  2. 7:15 Lit than my bones

13 (A)When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me,
My couch will ease my complaint,’
14 Then You scare me with dreams
And terrify me with visions,
15 So that my soul chooses strangling
And death rather than [a]my body.

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  1. Job 7:15 Lit. my bones

13 When I lie down to sleep,
    I hope that my pain will be less.
14 But even then you give me dreams that frighten me.
    I have visions which make me very afraid.
15 I would like someone to stop me breathing!
    Death would be better than life.

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