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Job’s Life Seems Futile
“Is not man forced to labor on earth,
And are not his days like the days of a hired man?
“Is not man forced to labor on earth,
And are not his days like the days of a hired man?
Job Continues: Life Seems Futile
Hath not man a life of labour upon earth? and are not his days like the days of a hireling?
Hath not man a life of labour upon earth? and are not his days like the days of a hireling?
“As a slave who pants for the shade,
And as a hired man who eagerly waits for his wages,
And as a hired man who eagerly waits for his wages,
As a bondman earnestly desireth the shadow, and a hireling expecteth his wages,
So am I allotted months of vanity,
And nights of trouble are appointed me.
And nights of trouble are appointed me.
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
“When I lie down I say,
‘When shall I arise?’
But the night continues,
And I am continually tossing until dawn.
‘When shall I arise?’
But the night continues,
And I am continually tossing until dawn.
If I lie down, I say, When shall I rise up, and the darkness be gone? and I am full of tossings until the dawn.
“My flesh is clothed with worms and a crust of dirt,
My skin hardens and runs.
My skin hardens and runs.
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and suppurates.
“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,
And come to an end without hope.
And come to an end without hope.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
“Remember that my life is but breath;
My eye will not again see good.
My eye will not again see good.
Remember thou that my life is wind; mine eye shall no more see good.
“The eye of him who sees me will behold me no longer;
Your eyes will be on me, but I will not be.
Your eyes will be on me, but I will not be.
The eye of him that hath seen me shall behold me no [more]: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
“When a cloud vanishes, it is gone,
So he who goes down to Sheol does not come up.
So he who goes down to Sheol does not come up.
The cloud consumeth and vanisheth away; so he that goeth down to Sheol shall not come up.
“He will not return again to his house,
Nor will his place know him anymore.
Nor will his place know him anymore.
He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him again.
“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.
I will speak in the anguish of my spirit,
I will complain 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.
“Am I the sea, or the sea monster,
That You set a guard over me?
That You set a guard over me?
Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that thou settest a watch over me?
“If I say, ‘My bed will comfort me,
My couch will ease my complaint,’
My couch will ease my complaint,’
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
Then You frighten me with dreams
And terrify me by visions;
And terrify me by visions;
Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions;
So that my soul would choose suffocation,
Death rather than my pains.
Death rather than my pains.
So that my soul chooseth strangling, death, rather than my bones.
“I waste away; I will not live forever.
Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
I loathe it; I shall not live always: let me alone, for my days are a breath.
“What is man that You magnify him,
And that You are concerned about him,
And that You are concerned about him,
What is man, that thou makest much of him? and that thou settest thy heart upon him?
That You examine him every morning
And try him every moment?
And try him every moment?
And that thou visitest him every morning, triest him every moment?
“Will You never turn Your gaze away from me,
Nor let me alone until I swallow my spittle?
Nor let me alone until I swallow my spittle?
How long wilt thou not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
“Have 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?
O watcher of men?
Why have You set me as Your target,
So that I am a burden to myself?
Have I sinned, what do I unto thee, thou Observer of men? Why hast thou set me as an object of assault for thee, so that I am become a burden to myself?
“Why 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, but I will not be.”
And take away my iniquity?
For now I will lie down in the dust;
And You will seek me, but I will not be.”
And why dost not thou forgive my transgression and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I lie down in the dust, and thou shalt seek me early, and I shall not be.