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that it would please God to crush me,
    that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!(A)

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that God would be willing to crush(A) me,
    to let loose his hand and cut off my life!(B)

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My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle
    and come to their end without hope.[a](A)

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  1. 7.6 Or as the thread runs out

“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,(A)
    and they come to an end without hope.(B)

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14 For all day long I have been plagued
    and am punished every morning.(A)

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14 All day long I have been afflicted,(A)
    and every morning brings new punishments.

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For we know that, if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.(A)

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Awaiting the New Body

For we know that if the earthly(A) tent(B) we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

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For while we are in this tent, we groan under our burden because we wish not to be unclothed but to be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.(A)

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For while we are in this tent, we groan(A) and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling,(B) so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

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12 like a cloak you will roll them up,
    and like clothing[a] they will be changed.
But you are the same,
    and your years will never end.”

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  1. 1.12 Other ancient authorities lack like clothing

12 You will roll them up like a robe;
    like a garment they will be changed.
But you remain the same,(A)
    and your years will never end.”[a](B)

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  1. Hebrews 1:12 Psalm 102:25-27