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Are your days like those of a mortal or your years like those of a strong man

Are your days as the days of man, or your years as a man’s years

Is your lifetime only as long as ours? Is your life so short

Are your days like those of a human, or your years like those of a man

Are thy days as the days of man? Are thy years as man's days

Are Your days like the days of a mortal man? Are Your years like the days of a mighty man

Job prayed: “Here’s what I want to say: Don’t, God, bring in a verdict of guilty without letting me know the charges you’re bringing. How does this fit into what you once called ‘good’— giving me a hard time, spurning me, a life you shaped by your very own hands, and then blessing the plots of the wicked? You don’t look at things the way we mortals do. You’re not taken in by appearances, are you? Unlike us, you’re not working against a deadline. You have all eternity to work things out. So what’s this all about, anyway—this compulsion to dig up some dirt, to find some skeleton in my closet? You know good and well I’m not guilty. You also know no one can help me.

‘Are Your days like the days of a mortal, Or Your years like a man’s year

‘Are Your days as the days of a mortal, Are Your years as man’s years

Are your days like the days of a mortal, or your years like the years of a mortal