Job 7
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1Isn't mankind consigned to forced labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand? 1“Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?
2Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hired man he waits for his pay. 2Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hireling he waits for his wages.
3So I have been made to inherit months of futility, and troubled nights have been assigned to me. 3So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed 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: ‘When will I get up?’ But 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 flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.
6My days pass more swiftly than a weaver's shuttle; they come to an end without hope. 6My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.
7Remember that my life is but a breath. My eye will never again see anything good. 7Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.
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 beholds me will no longer see me. 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 he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.
10He will never return to his house; his hometown will no longer remember him. 10He never returns to his house; his place remembers 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. 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 a sea monster, that You keep me under guard? 12Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep 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, 14then 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 would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body.
16I give up! I will not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are a breath. 16I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
17What is man, that You think so highly of him and pay so much attention to him? 17What is man that You should exalt him, that You should set Your heart upon him,
18You inspect him every morning, and put him to the test every moment. 18that You attend to him every morning, and test him 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 leave me alone to swallow my spittle?
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, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am 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 transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I will be no more.”
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