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Am I a sea, or a sea serpent, That You set a guard over me?
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When I say, 'My bed will comfort me, My couch will ease my complaint,'
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Then You scare me with dreams And terrify me with visions,
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So that my soul chooses strangling And death rather than my body.
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I loathe my life; I would not live forever. Let me alone, For my days are but a breath.
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"What is man, that You should exalt him, That You should set Your heart on him,
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That You should visit him every morning, And test him every moment?
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How long? Will You not look away from me, And let me alone till I swallow my saliva?
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Have I sinned? What have I done to You, O watcher of men? Why have You set me as Your target, So that I am a burden to myself?
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Why then do You not pardon my transgression, And take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust, And You will seek me diligently, But I will no longer be."