Job 9:25-31

Amplified Bible

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“Now my days are swifter than a runner;
They vanish, they see no good.
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“They pass by like the [swift] boats made of reeds,
Like an eagle that swoops down on its prey.
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“If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint,
I will leave off my sad appearance, and be cheerful and brighten up,’
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I am afraid of all my pains and worries [yet to come];
I know that You will not acquit me and leave me unpunished.
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“I am accounted wicked and held guilty;
Why then should I labor in vain [to appear innocent]?
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“If I were to wash myself with snow
And cleanse my hands with lye,
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You would still plunge me into the pit,
And my own clothes would hate me [and refuse to cover my foul body].