Job 7:8-21 ▼

8 The eye of anyone who looks on me will no longer see me. Your eyes will look for  me, but  I will be gone. 

9 As a cloud fades away and  vanishes, so the one who goes down to ^•Sheol  will never rise again.

10 He will never return to  his  house; his hometown will no  longer remember   him. 

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.

12 Am I the sea    or  a sea monster,  that You keep me under  guard?

13 When I say: My  bed will comfort  me, and my couch will ease my  complaint,

14 then You frighten  me with  dreams, and terrify  me with  visions, 

15 so that I  prefer  strangling  — death rather than life in this body.   

16 I give up! I will not live  forever . Leave me alone ,  for  my  days are a breath. 

17 What is man, that  You think so highly of  him and pay so much attention to  him? 

18 You inspect him every morning , and put him to the test every moment . 

19 Will You ever look away from  me, or leave me alone long enough to swallow? 

20 If 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? 

21 Why 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.