Job 7:11–21

11 “Therefore aI will not restrain my mouth;

I will speak in the anguish of my spirit,

I will complain in 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 complaint,’

14 Then You frighten me with dreams

And terrify me by visions;

15 So that my soul would choose suffocation,

Death rather than my 1pains.

16 “I 1awaste away; 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 1are concerned about him,

18 That aYou examine him every morning

And try him every moment?

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

Nor let me alone until I swallow my spittle?

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 pardon my transgression

And take away my iniquity?

For now I will blie down in the dust;

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