Job’s Life Seems Futile
7"Is not man forced to labor on earth, And [are not] his days like the days of a hired man?H66352"As a slave who pants for the shade, And as a hired man who eagerly waits for his wages,H5650H7602H6738H7916H6960H6467
3So am I allotted months of vanity, And nights of trouble are appointed me.H5157H3391H7723H5999H3915H4487
4"When I lie down I say, 'When shall I arise?' But the night continues, And I am continually tossing until dawn.H7901H559H6965H6153H4059H7646H5076H5399
5"My flesh is clothed with worms and a crust of dirt; My skin hardens and runs.H1320H3847H7415H1487H6083H5785H7280H3988
6"My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, And come to an end without hope.H3117H7043H708H3615H657H8615
7"Remember that my life is [but] breath, My eye will not again see good.H2142H2416H7307H5869H7725H7200H2896
8"The eye of him who sees me will behold me no more; Thine eyes [will be] on me, but I will not be.H5869H7210H7789H5869
9"When a cloud vanishes, it is gone, So he who goes down to Sheol does not come up.H6051H3615H3212H3381H7585H5927
10"He will not return again to his house, Nor will his place know him anymore.H7725H1004H4725H5234
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.H2820H6310H1696H6862H7307H7878H4751H5315
12"Am I the sea, or the sea monster, That Thou dost set a guard over me?H3220H8577H7760H4929
13"If I say, 'My bed will comfort me, My couch will ease my complaint,'H559H6210H5162H4904H5375H7879
14Then Thou dost frighten me with dreams And terrify me by visions;H2865H2472H1204H2384
15So that my soul would choose suffocation, Death rather than my pains.H5315H977H4267H4194H6106
16"I waste away; I will not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are [but] a breath.H3988H2421H5769H2308H3117H1892 
17"What is man that Thou dost magnify him, And that Thou art concerned about him,H582H1431H7896H3820
18That Thou dost examine him every morning, And try him every moment?H6485H1242H974H7281
19"Wilt Thou never turn Thy gaze away from me, Nor let me alone until I swallow my spittle?H4100H8159H7503H1104H7536 
New Testament
20"Have I sinned? What have I done to Thee, O watcher of men? Why hast Thou set me as Thy target, So that I am a burden to myself?H2398H6466H5341H120H7760H4645H4853
21"Why then dost Thou not pardon my transgression And take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust; And Thou wilt seek me, but I will not be."H5375H6588H5674H5771H7901H6083H7836
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