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Ezra 7

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¹ "Listen diligently to my speech, And let my declaration fill your ears.

² "Behold now, I have prepared my case; I know that I will be vindicated.

³ "Who will argue and contend with me? For then I would be silent and die.

⁴ "Only [O Lord,] do not do two things to me, And then I will not hide myself from Your face:

⁵ Withdraw Your hand from me and remove this bodily suffering, And let not the dread of You terrify me.

⁶ "Then [Lord,] call, and I will answer; Or let me speak, and then reply to me.

⁷ "How many are my iniquities and sins [that so much sorrow should come to me]? Make me recognize and understand my transgression and my sin.

⁸ "Why do You hide Your face [as if offended] And consider me Your enemy?

⁹ "Will You cause a windblown leaf to tremble? Will You pursue the chaff of the dry stubble?

¹⁰ "For You write bitter things against me [in Your indictment] And make me inherit and suffer for the iniquities of my youth.

¹¹ "You also put my feet in the stocks [as punishment] And [critically] observe all my paths; You set a circle and limit around the soles of my feet [which I must not overstep],

¹² While I waste away like a rotten thing, Like a garment that is moth-eaten.

¹³ "Man, who is born of a woman, Is short-lived and full of turmoil.

¹⁴ "Like a flower he comes forth and withers; He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.

¹⁵ "You also open Your eyes upon him And bring him into judgment with Yourself.

¹⁶ "Who can make a clean thing out of the unclean? No one!

¹⁷ "Since his days are determined, The number of his months is with You [in Your control], And You have made his limits so he cannot pass [his allotted time].

¹⁸ "[O God] turn your gaze from him so that he may rest, Until he fulfills his day [on earth] like a hired man.

¹⁹ "For there is hope for a tree, If it is cut down, that it will sprout again, And that the shoots of it will not cease nor fail, [but there is no such hope for man].

²⁰ "Though its roots grow old in the earth And its stump dies in the dry soil,

²¹ Yet at the scent of water [the stump of the tree] will flourish And bring forth sprigs and shoots like a seedling.

²² "But [the brave, strong] man must die and lie face down; Man breathes his last, and where is he?

²³ "As water evaporates from the sea, And a river drains and dries up,

²⁴ So man lies down and does not rise [again]. Until the heavens are no longer, The dead will not awake nor be raised from their sleep.

²⁵ "Oh, that You would hide me in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead), That You would conceal me until Your wrath is past, That You would set a definite time and then remember me [and in Your lovingkindness imprint me on your heart]!

²⁶ "If a man dies, will he live again? I will wait all the days of my struggle Until my change and release will come.

²⁷ "[Then] You will call, and I will answer You; You will long for [me] the work of Your hands.

²⁸ "But now You number [each of] my steps; You do not observe nor take note of my sin.

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1	"Listen diligently to my speech, And let my declaration fill your ears.
2	"Behold now, I have prepared my case; I know that I will be vindicated.
3	"Who will argue and contend with me? For then I would be silent and die.
4	"Only [O Lord,] do not do two things to me, And then I will not hide myself from Your face:
5	Withdraw Your hand from me and remove this bodily suffering, And let not the dread of You terrify me.
6	"Then [Lord,] call, and I will answer; Or let me speak, and then reply to me.
7	"How many are my iniquities and sins [that so much sorrow should come to me]? Make me recognize and understand my transgression and my sin.
8	"Why do You hide Your face [as if offended] And consider me Your enemy?
9	"Will You cause a windblown leaf to tremble? Will You pursue the chaff of the dry stubble?
10	"For You write bitter things against me [in Your indictment] And make me inherit and suffer for the iniquities of my youth.
11	"You also put my feet in the stocks [as punishment] And [critically] observe all my paths; You set a circle and limit around the soles of my feet [which I must not overstep],
12	While I waste away like a rotten thing, Like a garment that is moth-eaten.
13	"Man, who is born of a woman, Is short-lived and full of turmoil.
14	"Like a flower he comes forth and withers; He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.
15	"You also open Your eyes upon him And bring him into judgment with Yourself.
16	"Who can make a clean thing out of the unclean? No one!
17	"Since his days are determined, The number of his months is with You [in Your control], And You have made his limits so he cannot pass [his allotted time].
18	"[O God] turn your gaze from him so that he may rest, Until he fulfills his day [on earth] like a hired man.
19	"For there is hope for a tree, If it is cut down, that it will sprout again, And that the shoots of it will not cease nor fail, [but there is no such hope for man].
20	"Though its roots grow old in the earth And its stump dies in the dry soil,
21	Yet at the scent of water [the stump of the tree] will flourish And bring forth sprigs and shoots like a seedling.
22	"But [the brave, strong] man must die and lie face down; Man breathes his last, and where is he?
23	"As water evaporates from the sea, And a river drains and dries up,
24	So man lies down and does not rise [again]. Until the heavens are no longer, The dead will not awake nor be raised from their sleep.
25	"Oh, that You would hide me in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead), That You would conceal me until Your wrath is past, That You would set a definite time and then remember me [and in Your lovingkindness imprint me on your heart]!
26	"If a man dies, will he live again? I will wait all the days of my struggle Until my change and release will come.
27	"[Then] You will call, and I will answer You; You will long for [me] the work of Your hands.
28	"But now You number [each of] my steps; You do not observe nor take note of my sin.

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