Job 7
1 Is there not a warfare to a mortal, upon earth? And, as the days of a hireling, are not his days?
Does not man have hard labor on earth? Are not his days like the days of a hired man?
2 As, a bondman, panteth for the shadow, and as, a hireling, longeth for his wage,
Like a slave earnestly desires the shadows of evening, like a hired man looks for his wages—
3 So, have I been made to inherit months of calamity, and, nights of weariness, have been appointed me.
so I have been made to endure months of misery; I have been given trouble-filled nights.
4 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.
When I lie down, I say to myself, 'When will I get up and when will the night be gone?' I am full of tossing to and fro until the day's dawning.
5 My flesh is clothed with worms and a coating of dust, My skin, hath hardened, and then run afresh:
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; the sores in my skin harden up and then dissolve and run afresh.
6 My days, are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and they are spent, without hope.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle; they pass without hope.
7 Remember thou, that, a wind, is my life, not again shall mine eye see blessing:
God, call to mind that my life is only a breath; my eye will no more see good.
8 Nor shall see me—the eye that used to behold me, Thine eyes, are upon me, and I am not.
The eye of God, who sees me, will see me no more; God's eyes will be on me, but I will not exist.
As a cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol will come up no more. (Sheol h7585)
10 He shall not return again to his house, and his own place shall be acquainted with him no more.
He will return no more to his house; neither will his place know him again.
11 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.
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.
12 Am, I, a sea, or a sea-monster, —That thou shouldst set over me a watch?
Am I the sea or a sea monster that you place a guard over me?
13 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall help to carry my complaint,
When I say, 'My bed will comfort me, and my couch will ease my complaint,'
14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, and, by visions, dost thou terrify me:
then you scare me with dreams and terrify me through visions,
15 So that my soul chooseth strangling, Death, rather than [these] my bones!
so that I would choose strangling and death rather than preserving these bones of mine.
16 I am wasted away, Not, to times age-abiding, can I live, Let me alone, for, a breath, are my days.
I loathe my life; I would not wish to always be alive; let me alone for my days are useless.
17 What is a mortal, that thou shouldst nurture him? Or that thou shouldst fix upon him thy mind?
What is man that you should pay attention to him, that you should set your mind on him,
18 That thou shouldst inspect him morning by morning, moment by moment, shouldst test him?
that you should observe him every morning and test him every moment?
19 How long wilt thou not look away from me? Wilt thou not let me alone, till I can swallow my spittle?
How long will it be before you look away from me, before you let me alone long enough for me to swallow down my own saliva?
20 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?
Even if I have sinned, what would that do to you, you who watch men? Why have you made a target of me, so that I am a burden for you?
21 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.
Why do you not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For now will I lie down in the dust; you will seek me carefully, but I will not exist.”
