Job 7
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1Isn't mankind consigned to forced labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand? 1"Does not humanity have hard service on earth? Are not their days also like the days of a hired man?
2Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hired man he waits for his pay. 2Like a servant longing for the evening shadow, and like a hired man looking for his wages,
3So I have been made to inherit months of futility, and troubled nights have been assigned to me. 3thus I have been made to inherit months of futility, and nights of sorrow have been appointed to me.
4When I lie down I think: When will I get up? But the evening drags on endlessly, and I toss and turn until dawn. 4If I lie down, I say, 'When will I arise?', and the night stretches on and I toss and turn restlessly until the day dawns.
5My flesh is clothed with maggots and encrusted with dirt. My skin forms scabs and then oozes. 5My body is clothed with worms and dirty scabs; my skin is broken and festering.
6My days pass more swiftly than a weaver's shuttle; they come to an end without hope. 6My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle and they come to an end without hope.
7Remember that my life is but a breath. My eye will never again see anything good. 7Remember that my life is but a breath, that my eyes will never again see happiness.
8The eye of anyone who looks on me will no longer see me. Your eyes will look for me, but I will be gone. 8The eye of him who sees me now will see me no more; your eyes will look for me, but I will be gone.
9As a cloud fades away and vanishes, so the one who goes down to Sheol will never rise again. 9As a cloud is dispersed and then disappears, so the one who goes down to the grave does not come up again.
10He will never return to his house; his hometown will no longer remember him. 10He returns no more to his house, nor does his place of residence know him any more.
11Therefore I will not restrain my mouth. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. 11"Therefore, I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
12Am I the sea or a sea monster, that You keep me under guard? 12Am I the sea, or the creature of the deep, that you must put me under guard?
13When I say: My bed will comfort me, and my couch will ease my complaint, 13If I say, "My bed will comfort me, my couch will ease my complaint,"
14then You frighten me with dreams, and terrify me with visions, 14then you scare me with dreams and terrify me with visions,
15so that I prefer strangling-- death rather than life in this body. 15so that I would prefer strangling, and death more than life.
16I give up! I will not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are a breath. 16I loathe it; I do not want to live forever; leave me alone, for my days are a vapor!
17What is man, that You think so highly of him and pay so much attention to him? 17"What is mankind that you make so much of them, and that you pay attention to them?
18You inspect him every morning, and put him to the test every moment. 18And that you visit them every morning, and try them every moment?
19Will You ever look away from me, or leave me alone long enough to swallow? 19Will you never look away from me, will you not let me alone long enough to swallow my spittle?
20If I have sinned, what have I done to You, Watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I have become a burden to You? 20If I have sinned--what have I done to you, O watcher of men? Why have you set me as your target? Have I become a burden to you?
21Why not forgive my sin and pardon my transgression? For soon I will lie down in the grave. You will eagerly seek me, but I will be gone. 21And why do you not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust, and you will seek me diligently, but I will be gone."
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