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? 1Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
2Like a servant longing for the evening shadow, and like a hired man looking for his wages, 2As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:
3thus I have been made to inherit months of futility, and nights of sorrow have been appointed to me. 3So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed 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 say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
5My body is clothed with worms and dirty scabs; my skin is broken and festering. 5My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.
6My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle and they come to an end without hope. 6My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
7Remember that my life is but a breath, that my eyes will never again see happiness. 7O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see 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 him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
9As a cloud is dispersed and then disappears, so the one who goes down to the grave does not come up again. 9As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.
10He returns no more to his house, nor does his place of residence know him any more. 10He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
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 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 the creature of the deep, that you must put me under guard? 12Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
13If I say, "My bed will comfort me, my couch will ease my complaint," 13When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
14then you scare me with dreams and terrify me with visions, 14Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:
15so that I would prefer strangling, and death more than life. 15So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
16I loathe it; I do not want to live forever; leave me alone, for my days are a vapor! 16I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
17"What is mankind that you make so much of them, and that you pay attention to them? 17What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?
18And that you visit them every morning, and try them every moment? 18And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?
19Will you never look away from me, will you not let me alone long enough to swallow my spittle? 19How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
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? 20I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
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." 21And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
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