Job 7
7
Job: My Suffering Is without End
1“Do not human beings have a hard service on earth,
and are not their days like the days of a laborer?
2Like a slave who longs for the shadow,
and like laborers who look for their wages,
3so I am allotted months of emptiness,
and nights of misery are apportioned to me.
4When I lie down I say, ‘When shall I rise?’
But the night is long,
and I am full of tossing until dawn.
5My flesh is clothed with worms and dirt;
my skin hardens, then breaks out again.
6My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle,
and come to their end without hope.#7.6 Or as the thread runs out
7“Remember that my life is a breath;
my eye will never again see good.
8The eye that beholds me will see me no more;
while your eyes are upon me, I shall be gone.
9As the cloud fades and vanishes,
so those who go down to Sheol do not come up;
10they return no more to their houses,
nor do their places know them any more.
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.
12Am I the Sea, or the Dragon,
that you set a guard over me?
13When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me,
my couch will ease my complaint,’
14then you scare me with dreams
and terrify me with visions,
15so that I would choose strangling
and death rather than this body.
16I loathe my life; I would not live forever.
Let me alone, for my days are a breath.
17What are human beings, that you make so much of them,
that you set your mind on them,
18visit them every morning,
test them every moment?
19Will you not look away from me for a while,
let me alone until I swallow my spittle?
20If I sin, what do I do to you, you watcher of humanity?
Why have you made me your target?
Why have I become a burden to you?
21Why do you not pardon my transgression
and take away my iniquity?
For now I shall lie in the earth;
you will seek me, but I shall not be.”
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Job 7
7
1“People have a hard task on earth,
and their days are like those of a laborer.
2They are like a slave wishing for the evening shadows,
like a laborer waiting to be paid.
3But I am given months that are empty,
and nights of misery have been given to me.
4When I lie down, I think, ‘How long until I get up?’
The night is long, and I toss until dawn.
5My body is covered with worms and scabs,
and my skin is broken and full of sores.
6“My days go by faster than a weaver’s tool,
and they come to an end without hope.
7Remember, God, that my life is only a breath.
My eyes will never see happy times again.
8Those who see me now will see me no more;
you will look for me, but I will be gone.
9As a cloud disappears and is gone,
people go to the grave and never return.
10They will never come back to their houses again,
and their places will not know them anymore.
11“So I will not stay quiet;
I will speak out in the suffering of my spirit.
I will complain because I am so unhappy.
12I am not the sea or the sea monster.
So why have you set a guard over me?
13Sometimes I think my bed will comfort me
or that my couch will stop my complaint.
14Then you frighten me with dreams
and terrify me with visions.
15My throat prefers to be choked;
my bones welcome death.
16I hate my life; I don’t want to live forever.
Leave me alone, because my days have no meaning.
17“Why do you make people so important
and give them so much attention?
18You examine them every morning
and test them every moment.
19Will you never look away from me
or leave me alone even long enough to swallow?
20If I have sinned, what have I done to you,
you watcher of humans?
Why have you made me your target?
Have I become a heavy load for you?
21Why don’t you pardon my wrongs
and forgive my sins?
I will soon lie down in the dust of death.
Then you will search for me, but I will be no more.”
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