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12 Am I one of your enemies?
    Is that why you put a guard over me?[a]
13 My bed should bring me comfort.
    My couch should give me rest and relief.
14 But when I lie down, you scare me with dreams;
    you frighten me with visions.

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  1. Job 7:12 Literally, “Am I Yam or Tannin that you should appoint a guard to watch me?” In ancient Canaanite stories, Yam was the god of the sea, and Tannin was a sea monster.

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