Job 7
New International Version - Job 7 << | >> 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142 7:1 'Does not man have hard service on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired man? 7:2 Like a slave longing for the evening shadows, or a hired man waiting eagerly for his wages, 7:3 so I have been allotted months of futility, and nights of misery have been assigned to me. 7:4 When I lie down I think, 'How long before I get up?' The night drags on, and I toss till dawn. 7:5 My body is clothed with worms and scabs, my skin is broken and festering. 7:6 'My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and they come to an end without hope. 7:7 Remember, O God, that my life is but a breath; my eyes will never see happiness again. 7:8 The eye that now sees me will see me no longer; you will look for me, but I will be no more. 7:9 As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to the grave does not return. 7:10 He will never come to his house again; his place will know him no more. 7:11 '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. 7:12 Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that you put me under guard? 7:13 When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint, 7:14 even then you frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions, 7:15 so that I prefer strangling and death, rather than this body of mine. 7:16 I despise my life; I would not live forever. Let me alone; my days have no meaning. 7:17 'What is man that you make so much of him, that you give him so much attention, 7:18 that you examine him every morning and test him every moment? 7:19 Will you never look away from me, or let me alone even for an instant? 7:20 If I have sinned, what have I done to you, O watcher of men? Why have you made me your target? Have I become a burden to you? 7:21 Why do you not pardon my offenses and forgive my sins? For I will soon lie down in the dust; you will search for me, but I will be no more.'