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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 When I think my bed will comfort me
    and my couch will ease my complaint,(A)
14 even then you frighten me with dreams
    and terrify(B) me with visions,(C)
15 so that I prefer strangling and death,(D)
    rather than this body of mine.(E)

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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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13 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaints;

14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:

15 So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.

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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