The Message Bible MSG
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13 Why don't you just bury me alive, get me out of the way until your anger cools? But don't leave me there! Set a date when you'll see me again.
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“If only you would hide me in the grave and conceal me till your anger has passed! If only you would set me a time and then remember me!
14 If we humans die, will we live again? That's my question. All through these difficult days I keep hoping, waiting for the final change - for resurrection!
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If someone dies, will they live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait for my renewal to come.
15 Homesick with longing for the creature you made, you'll call - and I'll answer!
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You will call and I will answer you; you will long for the creature your hands have made.
16 You'll watch over every step I take, but you won't keep track of my missteps.
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Surely then you will count my steps but not keep track of my sin.
17 My sins will be stuffed in a sack and thrown into the sea - sunk in deep ocean.
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My offenses will be sealed up in a bag; you will cover over my sin.
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