Job 7

CHAPTER 7

¹“¹Is not man ^aconscripted to labor on earth,

And are not his days like the days of ^ba hired man?

²“As a slave who pants for the shade,

And as a hired man who eagerly hopes for his wages,

³So am I apportioned months of worthlessness,

And ^anights of trouble are appointed me.

⁴“If I ^alie down I say,

‘When shall I arise?’

But the twilight continues,

And I am saturated with tossing until dawn.

⁵“My ^aflesh is clothed with worms and a crust of dirt;

My skin scabs over and flows out again.

⁶“My days are ^aswifter than a weaver’s shuttle,

And come to an end ^bwithout hope.

⁷“Remember that my life ^ais but wind;

My eye will ^bnot again see good.

⁸“The ^aeye of him who sees me will behold me no longer;

Your eyes will be on me, but ^bI will not be.

⁹“A ^acloud vanishes, and it is gone,

So ^bhe who goes down to ^cSheol does not come up.

¹⁰“He will not return again to his house,

Nor will ^ahis place recognize him anymore.

¹¹“Indeed ^aI will not hold back my mouth;

I will speak in the distress of my spirit;

I will muse on the bitterness of my soul.

¹²“Am I the sea or ^athe sea monster,

That You set a guard over me?

¹³“If I say, ‘^aMy bed will comfort me;

My couch will ¹ease my bitter musing,’

¹⁴Then You frighten me with dreams

And terrify me by visions,

¹⁵So that my soul would choose suffocation,

Death rather than my ¹pains.

¹⁶“I have ^arejected everything; I will not live forever.

Leave me alone, ^bfor my days are but a breath.

¹⁷“^aWhat is man that You magnify him,

And that You set Your heart on him,

¹⁸That ^aYou ¹examine him every morning

And test him every moment?

¹⁹“^1aWill You never turn Your gaze away from me,

Nor let me alone until I swallow my spit?

²⁰“^aHave I sinned? What have I done to You,

O ^bwatcher of men?

Why have You set me as Your target,

So that I am a burden to myself?

²¹“Why then ^ado You not forgive my transgression

And take away my iniquity?

For now I will ^blie down in the dust;

And You will seek me earnestly, ^cbut I will not be.”