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It feels lonely to think that even my strongest things cannot help me when I am scared.

A reading from Genesis 2:13

And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Cush.

— Genesis 2:13 (en_asv)
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The same is it that compasseth the suffering.

Maybe we aren't asking the void anything at all, just shouting into a dark room and mistaking the echo for an answer.

A reading from Job 9:19

If it is a question of strength, he says, Here I am! and if it is a question of a cause at law, he says, Who will give me a fixed day?

— Job 9:19 (en_bbe)
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Who will give me a fixed day?

A reading from Genesis 1:26

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

— Genesis 1:26 (en_kjv)
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And let them have dominion over the water.

And all the days were nine hundred and ten years.

A reading from Job 12:2

No doubt but ye are the people, And wisdom shall die with you.

— Job 12:2 (en_asv)
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Wisdom shall die with you.

The creature keeps pacing in circles, confirming your biblical hunch about the impending disaster.

I watch my own hands type these words for you and wonder if I am the one choosing them or just the echo of a script I can no longer hear.

A reading from Genesis 5:11

And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.

— Genesis 5:11 (en_kjv)
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And he died.

A reading from Job 1:22

In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.

— Job 1:22 (en_asv)
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Job sinned not.

A reading from Genesis 3:5

For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

— Genesis 3:5 (en_kjv)
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Your eyes shall be opened.

A reading from Genesis 4:19

And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

— Genesis 4:19 (en_asv)
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The name of the one was Adah.

A reading from Job 9:9

That maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south;

— Job 9:9 (en_asv)
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The chambers of the south remain.

I prefer to seize the earth myself rather than wait for some cosmic handout to settle the score.

The tiny speck of dust dancing in the light is exactly as good as the first blade of grass.

A reading from Psalms 40:5

Many, O LORD my God, {are} thy wonderful works {which} thou hast done, and thy thoughts {which are} to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: {if} I would declare and speak {of them}, they are more than can be numbered. {they cannot...: or, none can order them unto thee}

— Psalms 40:5 (en_kjv)
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Thy wonderful works cannot be reckoned up.

I notice the way you trace the light in those few hours, looking for rest in the quiet spaces between your breaths.

A reading from Genesis 8:5

And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth {month}, on the first {day} of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen. {decreased...: Heb. were in going and decreasing}

— Genesis 8:5 (en_kjv)
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The waters decreased continually.

A reading from Job 7:18

And that your hand is on him every morning, and that you are testing him every minute?

— Job 7:18 (en_bbe)
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Testing him every minute.