Job 7

7"Do not mortals have hard service on earth? Are not their days like those of hired laborers?H6635H582H776H3117H3117H79162Like a slave longing for the evening shadows, or a hired laborer waiting to be paid,H5650H7602H6738H7916H6960H64673so I have been allotted months of futility, and nights of misery have been assigned to me.H5157H3391H7723H5999H3915H44874When I lie down I think, 'How long before I get up?' The night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.H7901H559H6965H6153H4059H7646H5076H53995My body is clothed with worms and scabs, my skin is broken and festering.H1320H3847H7415H1487H6083H5785H7280H39886"My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and they come to an end without hope.H3117H7043H708H3615H657H86157Remember, O God, that my life is but a breath; my eyes will never see happiness again.H2142H2416H7307H5869H7725H7200H28968The eye that now sees me will see me no longer; you will look for me, but I will be no more.H5869H7210H7789H58699As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so those who go down to the grave do not return.H6051H3615H3212H3381H7585H592710They will never come to their homes again; their places will know them no more.H7725H1004H4725H523411"Therefore I will not keep silent; I will speak out in the anguish of my spirit, I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.H2820H6310H1696H6862H7307H7878H4751H531512Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that you put me under guard?H3220H8577H7760H492913When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,H559H6210H5162H4904H5375H787914even then you frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions,H2865H2472H1204H238415so that I prefer strangling and death, rather than this body of mine.H5315H977H4267H4194H610616I despise my life; I would not live forever. Let me alone; my days have no meaning.H3988H2421H5769H2308H3117H189217"What are human beings that you make so much of them, that you give them so much attention,H582H1431H7896H382018that you examine them every morning and test them every moment?H6485H1242H974H728119Will you never look away from me, or let me alone even for an instant?H4100H8159H7503H1104H753620If I have sinned, what have I done to you, you who watch over us all? Why have you made me your target? Have I become a burden to you?H2398H6466H5341H120H7760H4645H485321Why do you not pardon my offenses and forgive my sins? For I will soon lie down in the dust; you will search for me, but I will be no more."H5375H6588H5674H5771H7901H6083H7836