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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: My Life Has No Hope
“Has not man a hard service on earth,
and are not his days like the days of a hired hand?
“Has not man a hard service on earth,
and are not his days like the days of a hired hand?
“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,
Like a slave who longs for the shadow,
and like a hired hand who looks for his wages,
and like a hired hand who looks for his wages,
So am I allotted months of vanity,
And nights of trouble are appointed me.
And nights of trouble are appointed me.
so I am allotted months of emptiness,
and nights of misery are apportioned to me.
and nights of misery are apportioned 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.
When I lie down I say, ‘When shall I arise?’
But the night is long,
and I am full of tossing till the dawn.
But the night is long,
and I am full of tossing till 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 dirt;
my skin hardens, then breaks out afresh.
my skin hardens, then breaks out afresh.
“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 come to their end without hope.
and come to their end without hope.
“Remember that my life is but breath;
My eye will not again see good.
My eye will not again see good.
“Remember that my life is a breath;
my eye will never again see good.
my eye will never again 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 who sees me will behold me no more;
while your eyes are on me, I shall be gone.
while your eyes are on me, I shall be gone.
“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.
As the cloud fades and vanishes,
so he who goes down to Sheol does not come up;
so he who goes down to Sheol does 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 returns no more to his house,
nor does his place know him anymore.
nor does his place know him anymore.
“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.
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 the sea, or a sea monster,
that you set a guard over me?
that you set a guard 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 will comfort me,
my couch will ease my complaint,’
my couch will ease my complaint,’
Then You frighten me with dreams
And terrify me by visions;
And terrify me by visions;
then you scare me with dreams
and terrify me with visions,
and terrify me with visions,
So that my soul would choose suffocation,
Death rather than my pains.
Death rather than my pains.
so that I would choose strangling
and death rather than my bones.
and 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 my life; I would not live forever.
Leave me alone, for my days are a breath.
Leave 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 you make so much of him,
and that you set your heart on him,
and that you set your heart on him,
That You examine him every morning
And try him every moment?
And try him every moment?
visit him every morning
and test him every moment?
and test 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 will you not look away from me,
nor leave me alone till I swallow my spit?
nor leave me alone till I swallow my spit?
“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?
If I sin, what do I do to you, you watcher of mankind?
Why have you made me your mark?
Why have I become a burden to you?
Why have you made me your mark?
Why have I become a burden to you?