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Hide Me in the Netherworld[a]

13 “How I wish you would hide me in the netherworld
    and shelter me until your wrath has subsided
    while designating a time to call me to mind.
14 If one who dies were permitted to live once again,
    I would willingly endure all the days of my service
    waiting for my relief to arrive.
15 You would call and I would answer you;
    you would long to see once again the creature you have made.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 14:13 An astounding proposition is put forth: Job desires to descend to the netherworld as in a provisional hiding place or refuge (Ps 139:7-12; Isa 26:20) to escape the divine wrath and wait there for the Lord to remember the creature [he has] made and grant him forgiveness. Job dreams of immortality and suffers because he no longer enjoys the friendship of his God.

13 “If only you would hide me in the grave(A)
    and conceal me till your anger has passed!(B)
If only you would set me a time
    and then remember(C) me!(D)
14 If someone dies, will they live again?
    All the days of my hard service(E)
    I will wait for my renewal[a](F) to come.
15 You will call and I will answer you;(G)
    you will long for the creature your hands have made.(H)

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  1. Job 14:14 Or release