Job 7:1
“Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?
Job 7:2
Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hireling he waits for his wages.
Job 7:3
So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed to me.
Job 7:4
When I lie down I think: ‘When will I get up?’ But the night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.
Job 7:5
My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.
Job 7:6
My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.
Job 7:7
Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.
Job 7:8
The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more.
Job 7:9
As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.
Job 7:10
He never returns to his house; his place remembers him no more.
Job 7:11
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.
Job 7:12
Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under guard?
Job 7:13
When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,
Job 7:14
then You frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions,
Job 7:15
so that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body.
Job 7:16
I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
Job 7:17
What is man that You should exalt him, that You should set Your heart upon him,
Job 7:18
that You attend to him every morning, and test him every moment?
Job 7:19
Will You never look away from me, or leave me alone to swallow my spittle?
Job 7:20
If 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?
Job 7:21
Why 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.”