Holy Scripture
Job 7:4
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“When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise? and again I look for the evening. For in the night, day is desired, in the day, evening is longed for; in that grief will not let the things that are before us give satisfaction, and while it saddens the heart in the experience of the present, it is ever stretching it to som…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
4Whenever I lie down, I say, When will it be day? And whenever I rise up, again I say when will it be evening? And I am full of pains from evening to morning.
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2Or as a servant that fears his master, and one who has grasped a shadow? Or as a hireling waiting for his pay?
3So have I also endured months of vanity, And nights of pain have been appointed me.
— Job 7:4 —
5And my body is covered with loathsome worms; And I waste away, scraping off clods of dust from my eruption.
6And my life is lighter than a word, And has perished in vain hope.