Job 7:21
21Why dost thou not remove my sin, and why dost thou not take away my iniquity? Behold now I shall sleep in the dust: and if thou seek me in the morning, I shall not be.
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21Why dost thou not remove my sin, and why dost thou not take away my iniquity? Behold now I shall sleep in the dust: and if thou seek me in the morning, I shall not be.
Job 7 is a raw, unflinching lament. Job turns from addressing his friends to speaking directly to God, and the tone is anything but pious resignation. He compares human life to forced labor — hard, short, and meaningless. Job feels like a gasping breath, a vanishing shadow. He ac
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