7"Is there not a time of hard service for man on earth? Are not his days also like the days of a hired man?H6635H582H776H3117H3117H79162Like a servant who earnestly desires the shade, And like a hired man who eagerly looks for his wages,H5650H7602H6738H7916H6960H64673So I have been allotted months of futility, And wearisome nights have been appointed to me.H5157H3391H7723H5999H3915H44874When I lie down, I say, 'When shall I arise, And the night be ended?' For I have had my fill of tossing till dawn.H7901H559H6965H6153H4059H7646H5076H53995My flesh is caked with worms and dust, My skin is cracked and breaks out afresh.H1320H3847H7415H1487H6083H5785H7280H39886"My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, And are spent without hope.H3117H7043H708H3615H657H86157Oh, remember that my life is a breath! My eye will never again see good.H2142H2416H7307H5869H7725H7200H28968The eye of him who sees me will see me no more; While your eyes are upon me, I shall no longer be.H5869H7210H7789H58699As the cloud disappears and vanishes away, So he who goes down to the grave does not come up.H6051H3615H3212H3381H7585H592710He shall never return to his house, Nor shall his place know him anymore.H7725H1004H4725H523411"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.H2820H6310H1696H6862H7307H7878H4751H531512Am I a sea, or a sea serpent, That You set a guard over me?H3220H8577H7760H492913When I say, 'My bed will comfort me, My couch will ease my complaint,'H559H6210H5162H4904H5375H787914Then You scare me with dreams And terrify me with visions,H2865H2472H1204H238415So that my soul chooses strangling And death rather than my body.H5315H977H4267H4194H610616I loathe my life; I would not live forever. Let me alone, For my days are but a breath.H3988H2421H5769H2308H3117H189217"What is man, that You should exalt him, That You should set Your heart on him,H582H1431H7896H382018That You should visit him every morning, And test him every moment?H6485H1242H974H728119How long? Will You not look away from me, And let me alone till I swallow my saliva?H4100H8159H7503H1104H753620Have 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?H2398H6466H5341H120H7760H4645H485321Why 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 diligently, But I will no longer be."H5375H6588H5674H5771H7901H6083H7836