26 They slip by like (A)reed boats,
Like an (B)eagle that swoops on [a]its prey.
27 Though I say, ‘I will forget (C)my complaint,
I will [b]put my face in order and be cheerful,’
28 I am (D)afraid of all my pains,
I know that (E)You will not acquit me.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 9:26 Lit food
  2. Job 9:27 I.e., improve the look

26 They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.

27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:

28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

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