Berean Study Bible | International Standard Version |
1“Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand? | 1"Men have harsh servitude on earth, do they not? His days are like those of a hired laborer, are they not? |
2Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hireling he waits for his wages. | 2I'm like a servant who longs for the shade, like a hired laborer who is looking for his wages. |
3So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed me. | 3Truly I've been allotted months of emptiness; nights of trouble have been appointed for me. |
4When I lie down I think: ‘When will I get up?’ But the night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn. | 4"When I lie down I ask, 'When will I wake up?' But the night continues and I keep tossing and turning until dawn. |
5My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering. | 5My skin is covered with worms and clods of dirt; my skin becomes rough and then breaks out afresh. |
6My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope. | 6My days pass as swiftly as a hand-loom; they come to their conclusion without hope. |
7Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness. | 7Remember that my life is a breath; my eyes won't go back to seeing good things. |
8The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more. | 8The eyes of the one who sees me won't see me anymore; your eyes will look for me but I won't be around! |
9As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up. | 9As a cloud fades away and vanishes, the one who descends to the afterlife doesn't return. |
10He never returns to his house; his place remembers him no more. | 10He doesn't return again to his house, and his place won't recognize him anymore." |
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"In addition, I won't keep my opinion to myself; I'll speak from my distressed spirit; I'll complain with my bitter soul. |
12Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under guard? | 12Am I the sea, or a sea monster, that you keep watching me? |
13When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint, | 13For I've said, 'My bed will comfort me; my couch will ease my burdens while I complain.' |
14then You frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions, | 14But then you scared me with dreams; you terrified me with visions. |
15so that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body. | 15I would rather die by strangulation than continue living. |
16I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath. | 16I hate the thought of living forever! Leave me alone, because my days are pointless." |
17What is man that You should exalt him, that You should set Your heart upon him, | 17"What is a human being, that you make so much of him; that you set your affections on him, |
18that You attend to him every morning, and test him every moment? | 18visit him every morning, and test him continually? |
19Will You never look away from me, or leave me alone to swallow my spittle? | 19Why won't you look away from me? Why don't you leave me alone so I can swallow my saliva? |
20If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You? | 20So what if I sin? What have I done against you, you observer of humankind? Why have you made me your target? Why burden yourself with me? |
21Why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I will be no more.” | 21Why haven't you pardoned my transgression and taken away my iniquity? Now I'm about to lie down in the dust. You will seek me diligently, but I won't be around!" |
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