12 Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under guard?
Job 7:12
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Job 7:19–21
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Job 9:31–33
31 then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me. 32 For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court. 33 Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both.
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