Job 7:1"Is not man forced to labor on earth, And are not his days like the days of a hired man?
Job 7:2"As a slave who pants for the shade, And as a hired man who eagerly waits for his wages,
Job 7:3So am I allotted months of vanity, And nights of trouble are appointed me.
Job 7:4"When I lie down I say, 'When shall I arise?' But the night continues, And I am continually tossing until dawn.
Job 7:5"My flesh is clothed with worms and a crust of dirt, My skin hardens and runs.
Job 7:6"My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, And come to an end without hope.
Job 7:7¶ "Remember that my life is but breath; My eye will not again see good.
Job 7:8"The eye of him who sees me will behold me no longer; Your eyes will be on me, but I will not be.
Job 7:9"When a cloud vanishes, it is gone, So he who goes down to Sheol does not come up.
Job 7:10"He will not return again to his house, Nor will his place know him anymore.
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 sea monster, That You set a guard over me?
Job 7:13"If I say, 'My bed will comfort me, My couch will ease my complaint,'
Job 7:14Then You frighten me with dreams And terrify me by visions;
Job 7:15So that my soul would choose suffocation, Death rather than my pains.
Job 7:16"I waste away; I will not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
Job 7:17"What is man that You magnify him, And that You are concerned about him,
Job 7:18That You examine him every morning And try him every moment?
Job 7:19"Will You never turn Your gaze away from me, Nor let me alone until I swallow my spittle?
Job 7:20"Have I sinned? What have I done to You, O watcher of men? Why have You set me as Your target, So that I am a burden to myself?
Job 7:21"Why then do You not pardon my transgression And take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust; And You will seek me, but I will not be."