Job 7

Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth?

Are not his days also ^alike the days of a hireling?

²As a servant earnestly desireth ^bthe shadow,

And as a hireling looketh for ^cthe reward of his work:

³So am I made to possess ^dmonths of ^evanity,

And wearisome nights are appointed to me.

^4eeWhen I lie down, I say,

When shall I arise, and the night be gone?

And I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

⁵My flesh is clothed with ^fworms and clods of dust;

My skin is broken, and ^gbecome loathsome.

⁶My days are swifter than ^ha weaver’s shuttle,

And are spent without hope.

⁷O remember that my life is ⁱwind:

Mine eye shall no more see good.

^8kThe eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more:

Thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.

⁹As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away:

So he that ^lgoeth down to the grave shall come up no more.

^10mHe shall return no more to his house,

ⁿNeither shall ^khis place know him any more.

¹¹Therefore I will not refrain my mouth;

I will speak in the anguish of my spirit;

I will ^ocomplain ^pin the bitterness of my soul.

¹²Am I a sea, or a whale,

That thou settest a watch over me?

^13qWhen I say, My bed shall comfort me,

My couch shall ^rease my ^ocomplaint;

^14sThen thou scarest me with dreams,

And terrifiest me through visions:

¹⁵So that my soul chooseth strangling,

And death rather than my life.

¹⁶I ^tloathe it; I would not live alway:

^uLet me alone; for my days are ^xvanity.

^17yWhat is man, that thou shouldest magnify him?

And that thou shouldest ^zset thine heart upon him?

¹⁸And that thou shouldest visit him ^aevery morning,

And try him ^bevery moment?

¹⁹How long wilt thou not ^cdepart from me,

Nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

²⁰I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee,

O thou ^dpreserver of men?

Why hast thou set me as a ^emark against thee,

So that I am a burden to myself?

²¹And why dost thou not pardon my transgression,

And take away mine iniquity?

For now shall I sleep in the dust;

And thou shalt ^fseek me in the morning, but I shall not be.

VIII.