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