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“Do not mortals have hard service on earth?
Are not their days like those of hired laborers?
Are not their days like those of hired laborers?
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?
Like a slave longing for the evening shadows,
or a hired laborer waiting to be paid,
or a hired laborer waiting to be paid,
As a bondman earnestly desireth the shadow, and a hireling expecteth his wages,
so I have been allotted months of futility,
and nights of misery have been assigned to me.
and nights of misery have been assigned to me.
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
When I lie down I think, ‘How long before I get up?’
The night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.
The night drags on, and I toss and turn 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 body is clothed with worms and scabs,
my skin is broken and festering.
my skin is broken and festering.
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 they come to an end without hope.
and they come to an end without hope.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
Remember, O God, that my life is but a breath;
my eyes will never see happiness again.
my eyes will never see happiness again.
Remember thou that my life is wind; mine eye shall no more see good.
The eye that now sees me will see me no longer;
you will look for me, but I will be no more.
you will look for me, but I will be no more.
The eye of him that hath seen me shall behold me no [more]: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
As a cloud vanishes and is gone,
so one who goes down to the grave does not return.
so one who goes down to the grave does not return.
The cloud consumeth and vanisheth away; so he that goeth down to Sheol shall not come up.
He will never come to his house again;
his place will know him no more.
his place will know him no more.
He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him again.
“Therefore I will not keep silent;
I will speak out in the anguish of my spirit,
I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
I will speak out 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 monster of the deep,
that you put me under guard?
that you put me under guard?
Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that thou settest a watch over me?
When I think my bed will comfort me
and my couch will ease my complaint,
and my couch will ease my complaint,
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
even then you frighten me with dreams
and terrify me with visions,
and terrify me with visions,
Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions;
so that I prefer strangling and death,
rather than this body of mine.
rather than this body of mine.
So that my soul chooseth strangling, death, rather than my bones.
I despise my life; I would not live forever.
Let me alone; my days have no meaning.
Let me alone; my days have no meaning.
I loathe it; I shall not live always: let me alone, for my days are a breath.
“What is mankind that you make so much of them,
that you give them so much attention,
that you give them so much attention,
What is man, that thou makest much of him? and that thou settest thy heart upon him?
that you examine them every morning
and test them every moment?
and test them every moment?
And that thou visitest him every morning, triest him every moment?
Will you never look away from me,
or let me alone even for an instant?
or let me alone even for an instant?
How long wilt thou not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
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 do you not pardon my offenses
and forgive my sins?
For I will soon lie down in the dust;
you will search for me, but I will be no more.”
and forgive my sins?
For I will soon lie down in the dust;
you will search for me, but I will be no more.”
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.