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1“Is there not a time of hard service for man on earth? Are not his days also like the days of a hired man?

1“Is not all human life a struggle? Our lives are like that of a hired hand,

2Like a servant who earnestly desires the shade, And like a hired man who eagerly looks for his wages,

2like a worker who longs for the shade, like a servant waiting to be paid.

3So I have been allotted months of futility, And wearisome nights have been appointed to me.

3I, too, have been assigned months of futility, long and weary nights of misery.

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.

4Lying in bed, I think, ‘When will it be morning?’ But the night drags on, and I toss till dawn.

5My flesh is caked with worms and dust, My skin is cracked and breaks out afresh.

5My body is covered with maggots and scabs. My skin breaks open, oozing with pus. Job Cries Out to God

6“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, And are spent without hope.

6“My days fly faster than a weaver’s shuttle. They end without hope.

7Oh, remember that my life is a breath! My eye will never again see good.

7O God, remember that my life is but a breath, and I will never again feel happiness.

8The eye of him who sees me will see me no more; While your eyes are upon me, I shall no longer be.

8You see me now, but not for long. You 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.

9Just as a cloud dissipates and vanishes, those who die will not come back.

10He shall never return to his house, Nor shall his place know him anymore.

10They are gone forever from their home— never to be seen again.

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“I cannot keep from speaking. I must express my anguish. My bitter soul must complain.

12Am I a sea, or a sea serpent, That You set a guard over me?

12Am I a sea monster or a dragon that you must place me under guard?

13When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me, My couch will ease my complaint,’

13I think, ‘My bed will comfort me, and sleep will ease my misery,’

14Then You scare me with dreams And terrify me with visions,

14but then you shatter me with dreams and terrify me with visions.

15So that my soul chooses strangling And death rather than my body.

15I would rather be strangled— rather die than suffer like this.

16I loathe my life; I would not live forever. Let me alone, For my days are but a breath.

16I hate my life and don’t want to go on living. Oh, leave me alone for my few remaining days.

17“What is man, that You should exalt him, That You should set Your heart on him,

17“What are people, that you should make so much of us, that you should think of us so often?

18That You should visit him every morning, And test him every moment?

18For you examine us every morning and test us every moment.

19How long? Will You not look away from me, And let me alone till I swallow my saliva?

19Why won’t you leave me alone, at least long enough for me to swallow!

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 all humanity? Why make me your target? Am I 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.”

21Why not just forgive my sin and take away my guilt? For soon I will lie down in the dust and die. When you look for me, I will be gone.”

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