Job 7
1 Knyythod is lijf of man on erthe, and his daies ben as the daies of an hired man.
not army: duty to/for human (upon *Q(k)*) land: country/planet and like/as day hired day his
2 As an hert desireth schadowe, and as an hirede man abideth the ende of his werk;
like/as servant/slave to long for shadow and like/as hired to await work his
3 so and Y hadde voide monethis, and Y noumbrede trauailous niytes to me.
so to inherit to/for me month vanity: vain and night trouble to count to/for me
4 If Y schal slepe, Y schal seie, Whanne schal Y rise? and eft Y schal abide the euentid, and Y schal be fillid with sorewis `til to derknessis.
if to lie down: lay down and to say how to arise: rise and to measure evening and to satisfy tossing till twilight
5 Mi fleisch is clothid with rot, and filthis of dust; my skyn driede vp, and is drawun togidere.
to clothe flesh my worm (and clod *Q(K)*) dust skin my to harden and to flow
6 My daies passiden swiftliere thanne a web is kit doun `of a webstere; and tho daies ben wastid with outen ony hope.
day my to lighten from shuttle and to end: finish in/on/with end hope
7 God, haue thou mynde, for my lijf is wynde, and myn iye schal not turne ayen, that it se goodis.
to remember for spirit: breath life my not to return: again eye my to/for to see: see good
8 Nethir the siyt of man schal biholde me; but thin iyen ben in me, and Y schal not `be in deedli lijf.
not to see me eye sight eye your in/on/with me and nothing I
to end: expend cloud and to go: went so to go down hell: Sheol not to ascend: rise (Sheol h7585)
10 nether schal turne ayen more in to his hows, and his place schal no more knowe hym.
not to return: return still to/for house: home his and not to recognize him still place his
11 Wherfor and Y schal not spare my mouth; Y schal speke in the tribulacioun of my spirit, Y schal talke togidere with the bitternesse of my soule.
also I not to withhold lip my to speak: speak in/on/with distress spirit my to muse in/on/with bitter soul my
12 Whether Y am the see, ethir a whal, for thou hast cumpassid me with prisoun?
sea I if serpent: monster for to set: make upon me custody
13 If Y seie, My bed schal coumfort me, and Y schal be releeuyd, spekynge with me in my bed;
for to say to be sorry: comfort me bed my to lift: forgive in/on/with complaint my bed my
14 thou schalt make me aferd bi dremys, and thou schalt schake me with `orrour, ethir hidousnesse, `bi siytis.
and to to be dismayed me in/on/with dream and from vision to terrify me
15 Wherfor my soule `chees hangyng, and my boonys cheesiden deth.
and to choose strangling soul: myself my death from bone my
16 `Y dispeiride, now Y schal no more lyue; Lord, spare thou me, for my daies ben nouyt.
to reject not to/for forever: enduring to live to cease from me for vanity day my
17 What is a man, for thou `magnifiest hym? ether what settist thou thin herte toward hym?
what? human for to magnify him and for to set: make to(wards) him heart your
18 Thou visitist hym eerly, and sudeynli thou preuest hym.
and to reckon: visit him to/for morning to/for moment to test him
19 Hou long sparist thou not me, nether suffrist me, that Y swolowe my spotele?
like/as what? not to gaze from me not to slacken me till to swallow up I spittle my
20 Y haue synned; A! thou kepere of men, what schal Y do to thee? Whi hast thou set me contrarie to thee, and Y am maad greuouse to my silf?
to sin what? to work to/for you to watch [the] man to/for what? to set: make me to/for target to/for you and to be upon me to/for burden
21 Whi doist thou not awei my sinne, and whi takist thou not awei my wickidnesse? Lo! now Y schal slepe in dust, and if thou sekist me eerli, Y schal not abide.
and what? not to lift: forgive transgression my and to pass: bring [obj] iniquity: crime my for now to/for dust to lie down: be dead and to seek me and nothing I
