Ezra 1 (AMP)

Ezra Chapter 1 (AMP)

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¹ "My body is clothed with worms and a crust of dust; My skin is hardened [and broken and loathsome], and [breaks out and] runs.

² "My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, And are spent without hope.

³ "Remember that my life is but breath [a puff of wind, a sigh]; My eye will not see good again.

⁴ "The eye of him who sees me [now] will see me no more; Your eyes will be upon me, but I will not be.

⁵ "As a cloud vanishes and is gone, So he who goes down to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) does not come up.

⁶ "He will not return again to his house, Nor will his place know about him anymore.

⁷ "Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit, I will complain in the bitterness of my soul [O Lord].

⁸ "Am I the sea, or the sea monster, That You set a guard over me?

⁹ "When I say, 'My bed will comfort me, My couch will ease my complaint,'

¹⁰ Then You frighten me with dreams And terrify me through visions,

¹¹ So that I would choose suffocation, Death rather than my[1] pain.

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1	"My body is clothed with worms and a crust of dust; My skin is hardened [and broken and loathsome], and [breaks out and] runs.
2	"My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, And are spent without hope.
3	"Remember that my life is but breath [a puff of wind, a sigh]; My eye will not see good again.
4	"The eye of him who sees me [now] will see me no more; Your eyes will be upon me, but I will not be.
5	"As a cloud vanishes and is gone, So he who goes down to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) does not come up.
6	"He will not return again to his house, Nor will his place know about him anymore.
7	"Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit, I will complain in the bitterness of my soul [O Lord].
8	"Am I the sea, or the sea monster, That You set a guard over me?
9	"When I say, 'My bed will comfort me, My couch will ease my complaint,'
10	Then You frighten me with dreams And terrify me through visions,
11	So that I would choose suffocation, Death rather than my[1] pain.

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