Job 14:11

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As waters fail from a lake, and a river wastes away and dries up,

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so mortals lie down and do not rise again; until the heavens are no more, they will not awake or be roused out of their sleep.

The waters of the Nile will be dried up, and the river will be parched and dry;

Why is my pain unceasing, my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Truly, you are to me like a deceitful brook, like waters that fail.