Job 7
7
1“Isn’t a man forced to labor on earth?
Aren’t his days like the days of a hired hand?
2As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow,
as a hireling who looks for his wages,
3so I am made to possess months of misery,
wearisome nights are appointed to me.
4When I lie down, I say,
‘When will I arise, and the night be gone?’
I toss and turn until the dawning of the day.
5My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust.
My skin closes up, and breaks out afresh.
6My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,
and are spent without hope.
7Oh remember that my life is a breath.
My eye will no more see good.
8The eye of him who sees me will see me no more.
Your eyes will be on me, but I will not be.
9As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away,
so he who goes down to Sheol#7:9 Sheol is the place of the dead. will come up no more.
10He will return no more to his house,
neither will his place know him any more.
11“Therefore I will not keep silent.
I will speak in the anguish of my spirit.
I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
12Am I a sea, or a sea monster,
that you put 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 through visions,
15so that my soul chooses strangling,
death rather than my bones.
16I loathe my life.
I don’t want to live forever.
Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
17What is man, that you should magnify him,
that you should set your mind on him,
18that you should visit him every morning,
and test him every moment?
19How long will you not look away from me,
nor leave me alone until I swallow down my spittle?
20If I have sinned, what do I do to you, you watcher of men?
Why have you set me as a mark for you,
so that I am a burden to myself?
21Why do you not pardon my disobedience, and take away my iniquity?
For now will I lie down in the dust.
You will seek me diligently, but I will 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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