New Living Translation | New Living Translation |
1“Is not all human life a struggle? Our lives are like that of a hired hand, | 1“Is not all human life a struggle? Our lives are like that of a hired hand, |
2like a worker who longs for the shade, like a servant waiting to be paid. | 2like a worker who longs for the shade, like a servant waiting to be paid. |
3I, too, have been assigned months of futility, long and weary nights of misery. | 3I, too, have been assigned months of futility, long and weary nights of misery. |
4Lying in bed, I think, ‘When will it be morning?’ But the night drags on, and I toss till dawn. | 4Lying in bed, I think, ‘When will it be morning?’ But the night drags on, and I toss till dawn. |
5My body is covered with maggots and scabs. My skin breaks open, oozing with pus. Job Cries Out to God | 5My body is covered with maggots and scabs. My skin breaks open, oozing with pus. Job Cries Out to God |
6“My days fly faster than a weaver’s shuttle. They end without hope. | 6“My days fly faster than a weaver’s shuttle. They end without hope. |
7O God, remember that my life is but a breath, and I will never again feel happiness. | 7O God, remember that my life is but a breath, and I will never again feel happiness. |
8You see me now, but not for long. You will look for me, but I will be gone. | 8You see me now, but not for long. You will look for me, but I will be gone. |
9Just as a cloud dissipates and vanishes, those who die will not come back. | 9Just as a cloud dissipates and vanishes, those who die will not come back. |
10They are gone forever from their home— never to be seen again. | 10They are gone forever from their home— never to be seen again. |
11“I cannot keep from speaking. I must express my anguish. My bitter soul must complain. | 11“I cannot keep from speaking. I must express my anguish. My bitter soul must complain. |
12Am I a sea monster or a dragon that you must place me under guard? | 12Am I a sea monster or a dragon that you must place me under guard? |
13I think, ‘My bed will comfort me, and sleep will ease my misery,’ | 13I think, ‘My bed will comfort me, and sleep will ease my misery,’ |
14but then you shatter me with dreams and terrify me with visions. | 14but then you shatter me with dreams and terrify me with visions. |
15I would rather be strangled— rather die than suffer like this. | 15I would rather be strangled— rather die than suffer like this. |
16I hate my life and don’t want to go on living. Oh, leave me alone for my few remaining days. | 16I hate my life and don’t want to go on living. Oh, leave me alone for my few remaining days. |
17“What are people, that you should make so much of us, that you should think of us so often? | 17“What are people, that you should make so much of us, that you should think of us so often? |
18For you examine us every morning and test us every moment. | 18For you examine us every morning and test us every moment. |
19Why won’t you leave me alone, at least long enough for me to swallow! | 19Why won’t you leave me alone, at least long enough for me to swallow! |
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? | 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 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.” | 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.” |
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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