As a servant longeth for the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the end of his work,

So have I had as an inheritance the [a]months of vanity, and painful nights have been appointed unto me.

If I laid me down, I said, When shall I arise? and measuring the evening, I am even full with tossing to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 7:3 My sorrow hath continued from month to month, and I have looked for hope in vain.

Like a slave longing for the evening shadows,(A)
    or a hired laborer waiting to be paid,(B)
so I have been allotted months of futility,
    and nights of misery have been assigned to me.(C)
When I lie down I think, ‘How long before I get up?’(D)
    The night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.(E)

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