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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’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?
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 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,
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 allotted months of vanity,
And nights of trouble are appointed me.
And nights of trouble are appointed 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.
“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.
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 a crust of dirt,
My skin hardens and runs.
My skin hardens and runs.
“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 come to an end without hope.
And come to an end 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 that my life is but breath;
My eye will not again see good.
My eye will not again 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 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.
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.
“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 never come to his house again;
his place will know him no more.
his place will know him no more.
“He will not return again to his house,
Nor will his place know him anymore.
Nor will his place know him anymore.
“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.
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 the sea, or the sea monster,
That You set a guard over me?
That You set a guard over me?
When I think my bed will comfort me
and my couch will ease my complaint,
and my couch will ease my complaint,
“If I say, ‘My bed will comfort me,
My couch will ease my complaint,’
My couch will ease my complaint,’
even then you frighten me with dreams
and terrify me with visions,
and terrify me with visions,
Then You frighten me with dreams
And terrify me by visions;
And terrify me by visions;
so that I prefer strangling and death,
rather than this body of mine.
rather than this body of mine.
So that my soul would choose suffocation,
Death rather than my pains.
Death rather than my pains.
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 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.
“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 You magnify him,
And that You are concerned about him,
And that You are concerned about him,
that you examine them every morning
and test them every moment?
and test them every moment?
That You examine him every morning
And try him every moment?
And try 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?
“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?
“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?