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“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,
“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 worker who longs for the shade,
like a servant waiting to be paid.
like a servant waiting to be paid.
Like a slave longing for the evening shadows,
or a hired laborer waiting to be paid,
or a hired laborer waiting to be paid,
I, too, have been assigned months of futility,
long and weary nights of misery.
long and weary nights of misery.
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.
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.
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 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 body is clothed with worms and scabs,
my skin is broken and festering.
my skin is broken and festering.
“My days fly faster than a weaver’s shuttle.
They end without hope.
They end 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.
O God, remember that my life is but a breath,
and I will never again feel happiness.
and I will never again feel happiness.
Remember, O God, that my life is but a breath;
my eyes will never see happiness again.
my eyes will never see happiness again.
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.
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 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.
They are gone forever from their home —
never to be seen again.
never to be seen again.
He will never come to his house again;
his place will know him no more.
his place will know him no more.
“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.
“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 monster or a dragon
that you must place me under guard?
that you must place me under guard?
Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep,
that you put me under guard?
that you put me under guard?
I think, ‘My bed will comfort me,
and sleep will ease my misery,’
and sleep will ease my misery,’
When I think my bed will comfort me
and my couch will ease my complaint,
and my couch will ease my complaint,
but then you shatter 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,
I would rather be strangled —
rather die than suffer like this.
rather die than suffer like this.
so that I prefer strangling and death,
rather than this body of mine.
rather than this body of mine.
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.
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 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?
“What is mankind that you make so much of them,
that you give them so much attention,
that you give them so much attention,
For you examine us every morning
and test us every moment.
and test us every moment.
that you examine them every morning
and test them every moment?
and test them every moment?
Why won’t you leave me alone,
at least long enough for me to swallow!
at least long enough for me to swallow!
Will you never look away from me,
or let me alone even for an instant?
or let me alone even for an instant?