GOD'S WORD Translation GW
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12 so each person lies down and does not rise until the heavens cease to exist. He does not wake up. He is not awakened from his sleep.
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so he lies down and does not rise; till the heavens are no more, people will not awake or be roused from their sleep.
13 I wish you would hide me in Sheol and keep me hidden there until your anger cools. Set a specific time for me when you will remember me.
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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 a person dies, will he go on living? I will wait for my relief to come as long as my hard labor continues.
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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 You will call, and I will answer you. You will long for the person your hands have made.
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You will call and I will answer you; you will long for the creature your hands have made.
16 Though now you count my steps, you will not keep [a record of] my sins.
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Surely then you will count my steps but not keep track of my sin.
17 My disobedience will be closed up in a bag, and you will cover over my sins.
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My offenses will be sealed up in a bag; you will cover over my sin.
18 As surely as a mountain falls and rocks are dislodged,
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“But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and as a rock is moved from its place,
19 [so] water wears away stone, floods wash away soil from the land, and you destroy a mortal's hope.
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as water wears away stones and torrents wash away the soil, so you destroy a person’s hope.
20 You overpower him forever, and he passes away. You change his appearance and send him away.
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You overpower them once for all, and they are gone; you change their countenance and send them away.
21 His sons are honored, and he doesn't know it. Or they become unimportant, and he doesn't realize it.
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If their children are honored, they do not know it; if their offspring are brought low, they do not see it.
22 He feels only his body's pain. He is only worried about himself."
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They feel but the pain of their own bodies and mourn only for themselves.”
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