Job 7

1 Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of a worker?

Is there not a warfare to a mortal, upon earth? And, as the days of a hireling, are not his days?

2 As a servant earnestly desires the shadow, and as a worker looks for the reward of his work:

As, a bondman, panteth for the shadow, and as, a hireling, longeth for his wage,

3 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.

So, have I been made to inherit months of calamity, and, nights of weariness, have been appointed me.

4 When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings back and forth unto the dawning of the day.

As soon as I lie down, I say, When shall I arise? yet he lengtheneth out the evening, and I am wearied with tossings until the breeze of twilight.

5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.

My flesh is clothed with worms and a coating of dust, My skin, hath hardened, and then run afresh:

6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.

My days, are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and they are spent, without hope.

7 O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.

Remember thou, that, a wind, is my life, not again shall mine eye see blessing:

8 The eye of him that has seen me shall see me no more: your eyes are upon me, and I am not.

Nor shall see me—the eye that used to behold me, Thine eyes, are upon me, and I am not.

9 As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away: so he that goes down to the grave shall come up no more. (Sheol h7585)

A cloud faileth, and is gone, So, he that descendeth to hades, shall not come up: (Sheol h7585)

10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.

He shall not return again to his house, and his own place shall be acquainted with him no more.

11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

I also, cannot restrain my mouth, —I must speak, in the anguish of my spirit, I must find utterance, in the bitterness of my soul.

12 Am I a sea, or a whale, that you set a watch over me?

Am, I, a sea, or a sea-monster, —That thou shouldst set over me a watch?

13 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaints;

When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall help to carry my complaint,

14 Then you scare me with dreams, and terrify me through visions:

Then thou scarest me with dreams, and, by visions, dost thou terrify me:

15 So that my soul chooses strangling, and death rather than my life.

So that my soul chooseth strangling, Death, rather than [these] my bones!

16 I loathe it; I would not live always: let me alone; for my days are vanity.

I am wasted away, Not, to times age-abiding, can I live, Let me alone, for, a breath, are my days.

17 What is man, that you should magnify him? and that you should set your heart upon him?

What is a mortal, that thou shouldst nurture him? Or that thou shouldst fix upon him thy mind?

18 And that you should visit him every morning, and try him every moment?

That thou shouldst inspect him morning by morning, moment by moment, shouldst test him?

19 How long will you not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

How long wilt thou not look away from me? Wilt thou not let me alone, till I can swallow my spittle?

20 I have sinned; what shall I do unto you, O you preserver of men? why have you set me as a mark against you, so that I am a burden to myself?

I have sinned, What can I do for thee, thou watcher of men? Wherefore hast thou set me as thine object of attack, or have I become, unto thee, a burden?

21 And why do you not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and you shall seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.

And why wilt thou not remove my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For, now, in the dust, should I lie down, and thou shouldst seek me diligently, and I should not be.