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Job: My Suffering Is Comfortless
“Is there not a time of hard service for man on earth?
Are not his days also like the days of a hired man?
“Is there not a time of hard service for man on earth?
Are not his days also like the days of a hired man?
“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?
Like a slave longing for the evening shadows,
or a hired laborer waiting to be paid,
or a hired laborer waiting to be paid,
So I have been allotted months of futility,
And wearisome nights have been appointed to me.
And wearisome nights have been appointed to me.
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.
When I lie down, I say, ‘When shall I arise,
And the night be ended?’
For I have had my fill of tossing till dawn.
And the night be ended?’
For I have had my fill of tossing till dawn.
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.
My flesh is caked with worms and dust,
My skin is cracked and breaks out afresh.
My skin is cracked and breaks out afresh.
My body is clothed with worms and scabs,
my skin is broken and festering.
my skin is broken and festering.
“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,
And are spent without hope.
And are spent without hope.
“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.
Oh, remember that my life is a breath!
My eye will never again see good.
My eye will never again see good.
Remember, O God, that my life is but a breath;
my eyes will never see happiness again.
my eyes will never see happiness again.
The eye of him who sees me will see me no more;
While your eyes are upon me, I shall no longer be.
While your eyes are upon me, I shall no longer be.
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.
As the cloud disappears and vanishes away,
So he who goes down to the grave does not come up.
So he who goes down to the grave does not come up.
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.
He shall never return to his house,
Nor shall his place know him anymore.
Nor shall his place know him anymore.
He will never come to his house again;
his place will know him no more.
his place will know him no more.
“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 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.
Am I a sea, or a sea serpent,
That You set a guard over me?
That You set a guard over me?
Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep,
that you put me under guard?
that you put me under guard?
When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me,
My couch will ease my complaint,’
My couch will ease my complaint,’
When I think my bed will comfort me
and my couch will ease my complaint,
and my couch will ease my complaint,
Then You scare me with dreams
And terrify me with visions,
And terrify me with visions,
even then you frighten me with dreams
and terrify me with visions,
and terrify me with visions,
so that I prefer strangling and death,
rather than this body of mine.
rather than this body of mine.
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.
“What is man, that You should exalt him,
That You should set Your heart on him,
That You should set Your heart on him,
“What is mankind that you make so much of them,
that you give them so much attention,
that you give them so much attention,
that you examine them every morning
and test them every moment?
and test them every moment?
How long?
Will You not look away from me,
And let me alone till I swallow my saliva?
Will You not look away from me,
And let me alone till I swallow my saliva?
Will you never look away from me,
or let me alone even for an instant?
or let me alone even for an instant?
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 diligently,
But I will no longer be.”
And take away my iniquity?
For now I will lie down in the dust,
And You will seek me diligently,
But I will no longer be.”
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.”