第7章
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* 第 7 章
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* 伯7:1 人在世上岂无争战吗？他的日子不像雇工人的日子吗？
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*Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
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* 伯7:2 像奴仆切慕黑影，像雇工人盼望工价；
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*As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:
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* 伯7:3 我也照样经过困苦的日月，夜间的疲乏为我而定。
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*So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
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* 伯7:4 我躺卧的时候便说：我何时起来，黑夜就过去呢？我尽是反来复去，直到天亮。
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*When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
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* 伯7:5 我的肉体以虫子和尘土为衣；我的皮肤才收了口又重新破裂。
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*My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.
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* 伯7:6 我的日子比梭更快，都消耗在无指望之中。
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*My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
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* 伯7:7 求你想念，我的生命不过是一口气；我的眼睛必不再见福乐。
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*O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
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* 伯7:8 观看我的人，他的眼必不再见我；你的眼目要看我，我却不在了。
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*The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
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* 伯7:9 云彩消散而过；照样，人下阴间也不再上来。
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*As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.
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* 伯7:10 他不再回自己的家；故土也不再认识他。
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*He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
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* 伯7:11 我不禁止我口；我灵愁苦，要发出言语；我心苦恼，要吐露哀情。
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*Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
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* 伯7:12 我对上帝说：我岂是洋海，岂是大鱼，你竟防守我呢？
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*Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
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* 伯7:13 若说：我的床必安慰我，我的榻必解释我的苦情，
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*When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaints;
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* 伯7:14 你就用梦惊骇我，用异像恐吓我，
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*Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:
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* 伯7:15 甚至我宁肯噎死，宁肯死亡，胜似留我这一身的骨头。
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*So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
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* 伯7:16 我厌弃性命，不愿永活。你任凭我吧，因我的日子都是虚空。
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*I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
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* 伯7:17 人算什么，你竟看他为大，将他放在心上？
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*What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?
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* 伯7:18 每早鉴察他，时刻试验他？
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*And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?
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* 伯7:19 你到何时才转眼不看我，才任凭我咽下唾沫呢？
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*How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
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* 伯7:20 鉴察人的主啊，我若有罪，于你何妨？为何以我当你的箭靶子，使我厌弃自己的性命？
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*I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
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* 伯7:21 为何不赦免我的过犯，除掉我的罪孽？我现今要躺卧在尘土中；你要殷勤地寻找我，我却不在了。
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*And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.