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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?
“Is not all human life a struggle?
Our lives are like that of a hired hand,
Our lives are like that 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 worker who longs for the shade,
like a servant waiting to be paid.
like a servant waiting to be paid.
So am I allotted months of vanity,
And nights of trouble are appointed me.
And nights of trouble are appointed me.
I, too, have been assigned months of futility,
long and weary nights of misery.
long and weary nights of misery.
“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.
Lying in bed, I think, ‘When will it be morning?’
But the night drags on, and I toss till dawn.
But the night drags on, and I toss till dawn.
“My flesh is clothed with worms and a crust of dirt,
My skin hardens and runs.
My skin hardens and runs.
My body is covered with maggots and scabs.
My skin breaks open, oozing with pus.
Job Cries Out to God
My skin breaks open, oozing with pus.
Job Cries Out to God
“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 fly faster than a weaver’s shuttle.
They end without hope.
They end without hope.
“Remember that my life is but breath;
My eye will not again see good.
My eye will not again see good.
O God, remember that my life is but a breath,
and I will never again feel happiness.
and I will never again feel happiness.
“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.
You see me now, but not for long.
You will look for me, but I will be gone.
You will look for me, but I will 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.
“He will not return again to his house,
Nor will his place know him anymore.
Nor will his place know him anymore.
They are gone forever from their home —
never to be seen again.
never to be seen 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.
“I cannot keep from speaking.
I must express my anguish.
My bitter soul must complain.
I must express my anguish.
My bitter soul must complain.
“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 monster or a dragon
that you must place me under guard?
that you must place me under guard?
“If I say, ‘My bed will comfort me,
My couch will ease my complaint,’
My couch will ease my complaint,’
I think, ‘My bed will comfort me,
and sleep will ease my misery,’
and sleep will ease my misery,’
Then You frighten me with dreams
And terrify me by visions;
And terrify me by visions;
but then you shatter 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.
I would rather be strangled —
rather die than suffer like this.
rather die than suffer like this.
“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 hate my life and don’t want to go on living.
Oh, leave me alone for my few remaining days.
Oh, leave me alone for my few remaining days.
“What is man that You magnify him,
And that You are concerned about him,
And that You are concerned about him,
“What are people, that you should make so much of us,
that you should think of us so often?
that you should think of us so often?
That You examine him every morning
And try him every moment?
And try him every moment?
For you examine us every morning
and test us every moment.
and test us 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?
Why won’t you leave me alone,
at least long enough for me to swallow!
at least long enough for me to swallow!
“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?