| Holman Christian Standard Bible | New International Version |
| 1Isn't mankind consigned to forced labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand? | 1"Do not mortals have hard service on earth? Are not their days like those of hired laborers? |
| 2Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hired man he waits for his pay. | 2Like a slave longing for the evening shadows, or a hired laborer waiting to be paid, |
| 3So I have been made to inherit months of futility, and troubled nights have been assigned to me. | 3so I have been allotted months of futility, and nights of misery have been assigned 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. | 4When I lie down I think, 'How long before I get up?' The night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn. |
| 5My flesh is clothed with maggots and encrusted with dirt. My skin forms scabs and then oozes. | 5My body is clothed with worms and scabs, my skin is broken and festering. |
| 6My days pass more swiftly than a weaver's shuttle; they come to an end without hope. | 6"My 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, O God, that my life is but a breath; my eyes will never see happiness again. |
| 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 that now sees me will see me no longer; you will look for me, but I will be no more. |
| 9As a cloud fades away and vanishes, so the one who goes down to Sheol will never rise again. | 9As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so one who goes down to the grave does not return. |
| 10He will never return to his house; his hometown will no longer remember him. | 10He will never come to his house again; his place will know him no 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 keep silent; I will speak out 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 monster of the deep, that you put me under guard? |
| 13When I say: My bed will comfort me, and my couch will ease my complaint, | 13When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint, |
| 14then You frighten me with dreams, and terrify me with visions, | 14even then you frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions, |
| 15so that I prefer strangling-- death rather than life in this body. | 15so that I prefer strangling and death, rather than this body of mine. |
| 16I give up! I will not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are a breath. | 16I despise my life; I would not live forever. Let me alone; my days have no meaning. |
| 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, that you give them so much attention, |
| 18You inspect him every morning, and put him to the test every moment. | 18that you examine them every morning and test 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, or let me alone even for an instant? |
| 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, you who see everything we do? Why have you made me 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. | 21Why do you not pardon my offenses and forgive my sins? For I will soon lie down in the dust; you will search for me, but I will be no more." |
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