Job 7
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1Is there not a time of hard service for man on earth? Are not his days also like the days of a hired man?1Isn't each person consigned to forced labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired worker?
2Like a servant who earnestly desires the shade, And like a hired man who eagerly looks for his wages,2Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hired worker he waits for his pay.
3So I have been allotted months of futility, And wearisome nights have been appointed to me.3So I have been made to inherit months of futility, and troubled nights have been assigned to me.
4When I lie down, I say, ‘When shall I arise, And the night be ended?’ For I have had my fill of tossing till dawn.4When I lie down I think, "When will I get up?" But the evening drags on endlessly, and I toss and turn until dawn.
5My flesh is caked with worms and dust, My skin is cracked and breaks out afresh.5My flesh is clothed with maggots and encrusted with dirt. My skin forms scabs and then oozes.
6“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, And are spent without hope.6My days pass more swiftly than a weaver's shuttle; they come to an end without hope.
7Oh, remember that my life is a breath! My eye will never again see good.7Remember that my life is but a breath. My eye will never again see anything good.
8The eye of him who sees me will see me no more; While your eyes are upon me, I shall no longer be.8The eye of anyone who looks on me will no longer see me. Your eyes will look for me, but I will be gone.
9As the cloud disappears and vanishes away, So he who goes down to the grave does not come up.9As a cloud fades away and vanishes, so the one who goes down to Sheol will never rise again.
10He shall never return to his house, Nor shall his place know him anymore.10He will never return to his house; his hometown will no longer remember him.
11“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.11Therefore I will not restrain my mouth. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
12Am I a sea, or a sea serpent, That You set a guard over me?12Am I the sea or a sea monster, that you keep me under guard?
13When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me, My couch will ease my complaint,’13When I say, "My bed will comfort me, and my couch will ease my complaint,"
14Then You scare me with dreams And terrify me with visions,14then you frighten me with dreams, and terrify me with visions,
15So that my soul chooses strangling And death rather than my body.15so that I prefer strangling--death rather than life in this body.
16I loathe my life; I would not live forever. Let me alone, For my days are but a breath.16I give up! I will not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are a breath.
17“What is man, that You should exalt him, That You should set Your heart on him,17What is a mere human, that you think so highly of him and pay so much attention to him?
18That You should visit him every morning, And test him every moment?18You inspect him every morning, and put him to the test every moment.
19How long? Will You not look away from me, And let me alone till I swallow my saliva?19Will you ever look away from me, or leave me alone long enough to swallow?
20Have 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?20If I have sinned, what have I done to you, Watcher of humanity? Why have you made me your target, so that I have become a burden to you?
21Why 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.21Why not forgive my sin and pardon my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the grave. You will eagerly seek me, but I will be gone.
The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission.
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