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12 Why do you keep me under guard?
    Do you think I am a sea monster?[a]
13 I lie down and try to rest;
    I look for relief from my pain.
14 But you—you terrify me with dreams;
    you send me visions and nightmares

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  1. Job 7:12 A reference to ancient stories in which sea monsters had to be guarded so that they would not escape and do damage.

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