Job 7:15-16
15so that my soul chooses strangling, death rather than my bones.
16I loathe my life. I don’t want to live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
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15so that my soul chooses strangling, death rather than my bones.
16I loathe my life. I don’t want to live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
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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