Job 7:4

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When I lie down, I think, 'When will I get up?' But the night drags on, and I am filled with tossing till dawn.

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  • Deut 28:67 : 67 In the morning you will say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and in the evening you will say, ‘If only it were morning!’ because of the terror that will fill your hearts and the sights your eyes will see.
  • Job 7:13-14 : 13 When I think my bed will comfort me, and my couch will ease my complaint, 14 then you frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions.
  • Job 17:12 : 12 They make night into day: ‘The light is near,’ they say, in the presence of darkness.
  • Job 30:17 : 17 At night my bones are pierced within me, and my veins find no rest.
  • Ps 6:6 : 6 For in death, no one remembers You; in the grave, who can give You thanks?
  • Ps 77:4 : 4 I remember God and moan; I meditate, and my spirit faints. Selah.
  • Ps 109:23 : 23 I am fading away like a shadow at sunset; I am shaken off like a locust.
  • Ps 130:6 : 6 My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning.
  • Isa 54:11 : 11 O afflicted one, storm-tossed and not comforted! Behold, I will set your stones in antimony, and I will lay your foundation with sapphires.

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  • 3so I have been allotted months of futility, and nights of misery have been assigned to me.

  • Job 7:11-14
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    11Therefore, I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

    12Am I the sea, or a sea monster, that you put me under guard?

    13When I think my bed will comfort me, and my couch will ease my complaint,

    14then you frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions.

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    6For in death, no one remembers You; in the grave, who can give You thanks?

  • Job 7:5-6
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    5My body is clothed with worms and scabs; my skin cracks and festers.

    6My days pass more swiftly than a weaver's shuttle, and they come to an end without hope.

  • 13In disquieting dreams from visions of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men,

  • Job 7:19-21
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    19Will you never look away from me or leave me alone till I swallow my spit?

    20If I have sinned, what have I done to you, you who see everything we do? Why have you made me your target? Have I become a burden to you?

    21Why do you not pardon my offenses and forgive my sins? For I will soon lie down in the dust; you will search for me, but I will be no more.

  • Job 30:16-17
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    16And now my soul is poured out within me; days of suffering seize hold of me.

    17At night my bones are pierced within me, and my veins find no rest.

  • Isa 38:12-13
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    12My dwelling is pulled up and taken from me, like a shepherd's tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver rolls a cloth; He cuts me off from the loom. Day and night You bring me to an end.

    13I have calmed myself until morning; like a lion, He breaks all my bones. Day and night You bring me to an end.

  • Job 17:12-13
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    12They make night into day: ‘The light is near,’ they say, in the presence of darkness.

    13If I hope for Sheol as my home, and I make my bed in darkness,

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    12so man lies down and does not rise; till the heavens are no more, people will not awake or be roused from their sleep.

    13If only you would hide me in the grave and conceal me till your anger has passed! If you would set me a time and then remember me!

  • 40This was my situation: The heat consumed me in the daytime, and the cold at night, and sleep fled from my eyes.

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    5I call out to the LORD with my voice, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah.

  • 26At this I awoke and looked around, and my sleep was pleasant to me.

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    3'I will not enter my house, nor will I go up to my bed;

    4I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids,

  • 14For I am stricken all day long and chastened every morning.

  • 13For now I would have lain down and been quiet; I would have slept, then I would be at rest.

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  • 6My wounds are foul and festering because of my foolishness.

  • 4My heart staggers; terror overwhelms me. The twilight I longed for has been turned into trembling for me.

  • 11If I say, 'Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,'

  • 6My soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods, and with joyful lips my mouth will praise you.

  • 20Are not my days few? Leave me alone, so I may have a moment of relief.

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    27My insides are in turmoil and never sit still; days of suffering confront me.

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  • 23All their days are full of sorrow, and their work is filled with grief; even at night their mind does not rest. This too is meaningless.

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  • 7Surely now, God has worn me out; you have devastated my entire household.

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    3Be gracious to me, LORD, for I am weak; heal me, LORD, for my bones are shaking with fear.

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