Job 7
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1Is there not a time of hard service for man on earth? Are not his days also like the days of a hired man?1"Does not humanity have hard service on earth? Are not their days also like the days of a hired man?
2Like a servant who earnestly desires the shade, And like a hired man who eagerly looks for his wages,2Like a servant longing for the evening shadow, and like a hired man looking for his wages,
3So I have been allotted months of futility, And wearisome nights have been appointed 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 say, ‘When shall I arise, And the night be ended?’ For I have had my fill of tossing till 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 caked with worms and dust, My skin is cracked and breaks out afresh.5My body is clothed with worms and dirty scabs; my skin is broken and festering.
6“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, And are spent without hope.6My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle and they come to an end without hope.
7Oh, remember that my life is a breath! My eye will never again see good.7Remember that my life is but a breath, that my eyes will never again see happiness.
8The eye of him who sees me will see me no more; While your eyes are upon me, I shall no longer be.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 the cloud disappears and vanishes away, So he who goes down to the grave does not come up.9As a cloud is dispersed and then disappears, so the one who goes down to the grave does not come up again.
10He shall never return to his house, Nor shall his place know him anymore.10He returns no more to his house, nor does his place of residence know him any more.
11“Therefore 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 a sea, or a sea serpent, That You set a guard over me?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, My couch will ease my complaint,’13If I say, "My bed will comfort me, my couch will ease my complaint,"
14Then You scare me with dreams And terrify me with visions,14then you scare me with dreams and terrify me with visions,
15So that my soul chooses strangling And death rather than my body.15so that I would prefer strangling, and death more than life.
16I loathe my life; I would not live forever. Let me alone, For my days are but a breath.16I loathe it; I do not want to live forever; leave me alone, for my days are a vapor!
17“What is man, that You should exalt him, That You should set Your heart on him,17"What is mankind that you make so much of them, and that you pay attention to them?
18That You should visit him every morning, And test him every moment?18And that you visit them every morning, and try them every moment?
19How long? Will You not look away from me, And let me alone till I swallow my saliva?19Will you never look away from me, will you not let me alone long enough to swallow my spittle?
20Have I sinned? What have I done to You, O watcher of men? Why have You set me as Your target, So that I am a burden to myself?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 then 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 no longer be.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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