Chapters 6 & 7 (Job's reply)

from The Book of Job by Ikiru

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If misery could be weighed
if laid upon the scales
it would be heavier than the sand of the seas

My words have been rash
His arrows are within me
poison runs through me

Answer my request that You would crush me
You would let loose Your hand and cut me off
But I take comfort in this

Rejoice in pain
I have not denied Your word
What is my strength, that I should wait?
What is my end to carry on?

Do I have the strength of stones
and is my body made of bronze?
Am I helpless?
Is deliverance far from me?

Am I the sea that You set a guard over me?
If I say, “sleep will comfort me”
You shatter me with dreams so I would rather die
than suffer like this

If I can’t live forever let me waste away
just let me be alone and count my days
for they are just a breath

What is man
That You magnify him?
That You are concerned for him?
That You examine him every morning?
That You try him at every moment?

Look away, long enough for me to swallow

Have I sinned?
What have I done to You?
Have I sinned?
Am I a burden to You?
Just forgive and take away

I will lie down in the dust
And You will seek me, but I will not be

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from The Book of Job, released January 12, 2009

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