Job's Life Seems Futile
1
Is there not a time of service to man on earth? Are not his days like the days of a hireling?
E | ALE- | TsBE | LENUSh | OL- | (OLI-) | ERTs
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| the·not | host | to·I-will·we·and·? | on | ? | earth
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| UKIMI | ShKIR
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| and·as·he-will·from·he-will | ?
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| IMIU
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| he-will·from·he-will·and
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2
As a servant that eagerly longs for the shadow, and as a hireling that looks for his wages;
B | KOBD | IShEF- | TsL | UKShKIR | IQUA | FOLU
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| as·work | he-will·? | ? | and·as·? | he-will·? | ?
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3
So am I made to possess--months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
G | KN | ANChLThI | LI | IRChI- | ShUE
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| so | the·we·? | to·he-will | he-will·? | ?
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| ULILUTh | OML | MNU-
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| and·to·he-will·to·and·she-will | ? | from·we·and
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4
When I lie down, I say: 'When shall I arise?' But the night is long, and I am full of tossings to and fro to the dawning of the day.
D | EM- | ShKBThI | UEMRThI | MThI
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| I-will·from | ? | and·I-will·from·? | from·?
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| EQUM | UMDD- | ORB | UShBOThI | NDDIM | ODI- | NShF
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| I-will·? | and·from·? | evening | and·? | we·? | ? | we·?
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5
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin closes up and breaks out afresh.
A | LBSh | BShRI | RMA | UGISh | (UGUSh) | OFR | OURI | RGO
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| to·in·? | in·? | ? | and·? | and·? | dust | ? | ?
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| UIMES
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| and·he-will·from·I-will·?
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6
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
U | IMI | QLU | MNI- | ERG
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| he-will·from·he-will | ? | from·we·he-will | I-will·?
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| UIKLU | BEFS | ThQUA
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| and·finish | in·I-will·? | ?
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7
O remember that my life is a breath; mine eye shall no more see good.
Z | ZKR | KI- | RUCh | ChII | LE- | ThShUB | OINI | LREUTh | TUB
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| male | that | breath | ? | not | ? | ? | to·? | good
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8
The eye of him that sees me shall behold me no more; while Your eyes are on me, I am gone.
Ch | LE- | ThShURNI | OIN | REI | OINIK | BI
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| not | ? | ? | ? | ? | in·he-will
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| UEINNI
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| and·I-will·he-will·we·we·he-will
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9
As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he that goes down to the grave shall come up no more.
T | KLA | ONN | UILK | KN | IURD
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| as·to·the | ? | and·he-will·to·as | so | he-will·and·?
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| ShEUL | LE | IOLA
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| ? | not | he-will·ascend
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10
He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
I | LE- | IShUB | OUD | LBIThU | ULE-
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| not | he-will·? | ? | to·in·he-will·? | and·not
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| IKIRNU | OUD | MQMU
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| he-will·as·he-will·? | ? | from·?
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11
Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
IE | GM- | ENI | LE | EChShK- | FI | EDBRA | BTsR | RUChI | EShIChA
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| ? | I | not | I-will·dark | ? | I-will·? | in·? | ? | I-will·?
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12
Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that You set a watch over me?
IB | AIM- | ENI | EM- | ThNIN | KI- | ThShIM | OLI | MShMR
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| the·sea | I | I-will·from | ? | that | ? | ? | from·?
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13
When I say: 'My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint';
IG | KI- | EMRThI | ThNChMNI | ORShI | IShE | BShIChI
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| that | I-will·from·? | ? | ? | he-will·? | in·?
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14
Then You scare me with dreams, and terrify me through visions;
ID | UChThThNI | BChLMUTh | UMChZINUTh | ThBOThNI
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| and·? | in·? | and·from·? | ?
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15
So that my soul chooses strangling, and death rather than these my bones.
TU | UThBChR | MChNQ | NFShI | MUTh | MOTsMUThI
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| and·? | from·? | we·? | from·and·she-will | from·?
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16
I loathe it; I shall not live alway; let me alone; for my days are vanity.
TZ | MESThI | LE- | LOLM | EChIA | ChDL
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| from·I-will·? | not | to·? | I-will·life | ?
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| MMNI | KI- | ABL
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| from·from·we·he-will | that | the·in·to
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17
What is man, that You should magnify him, and that You should set Your heart on him,
IZ | MA- | ENUSh | KI | ThGDLNU | UKI-
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| from·the | I-will·we·and·? | that | ? | and·that
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| ThShITh | ELIU | LBK
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| ? | I-will·to·he-will·and | to·in·as
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18
That You should remember him every morning, and try him every moment?
ICh | UThFQDNU | LBQRIM | LRGOIM | ThBChNNU
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| and·? | to·in·? | to·? | ?
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19
How long will You not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
IT | KMA | LE- | ThShOA | MMNI | LE-
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| as·from·the | not | ? | from·from·we·he-will | not
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| ThRFNI | OD- | BLOI | RQI
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| ? | ? | in·to·? | ?
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20
If I have sinned, what do I to You, O You watcher of men? Why have You set me as a mark for You, so that I am a burden to myself?
K | ChTEThI | MA | EFOL | LK | NTsR | AEDM
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| ? | from·the | I-will·? | to·as | we·? | the·man
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| LMA | ShMThNI | LMFGO | LK
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| to·from·the | ? | to·from·? | to·as
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| UEAIA | OLI | LMShE
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| and·I-will·the·he-will·the | ? | to·from·?
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21
Why dost You not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; and You will seek me, but I shall not be.
KE | UMA | LE- | ThShE | FShOI | UThOBIR | ETh- | OUNI | KI-
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| and·from·the | not | ? | ? | and·? | the | ? | that
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| OThA | LOFR | EShKB | UShChRThNI
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| ? | to·dust | I-will·? | and·?
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| UEINNI
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| and·I-will·he-will·we·we·he-will
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