1 "Isn't a man forced to labor on earth? Aren't his days like the days of a hired hand? NHEB — Job 7:1
2 As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, as a hireling who looks for his wages, NHEB — Job 7:2
3 so am I made to possess months of misery, wearisome nights are appointed to me. NHEB — Job 7:3
4 When I lie down, I say, 'When shall I arise, and the night be gone?' I toss and turn until the dawning of the day. NHEB — Job 7:4
5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust. My skin closes up, and breaks out afresh. NHEB — Job 7:5
6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope. NHEB — Job 7:6
7 Oh remember that my life is a breath. My eye shall no more see good. NHEB — Job 7:7
8 The eye of him who sees me shall see me no more. Your eyes shall be on me, but I shall not be. NHEB — Job 7:8
9 As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol shall come up no more. NHEB — Job 7:9
10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more. NHEB — Job 7:10
11 "Therefore I will not keep silent. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. NHEB — Job 7:11
12 Am I a sea, or a sea monster, that you put a guard over me? NHEB — Job 7:12
13 When I say, 'My bed shall comfort me. My couch shall ease my complaint;' NHEB — Job 7:13
14 then you scare me with dreams, and terrify me through visions: NHEB — Job 7:14
15 so that my soul chooses strangling, death rather than my bones. NHEB — Job 7:15
16 I loathe my life. I do not want to live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath. NHEB — Job 7:16
17 What is man, that you should magnify him, that you should set your mind on him, NHEB — Job 7:17
18 that you should visit him every morning, and test him every moment? NHEB — Job 7:18
19 How long will you not look away from me, nor leave me alone until I swallow down my spittle? NHEB — Job 7:19
20 If I have sinned, what do I do to you, you watcher of men? Why have you set me as a mark for you, so that I am a burden to myself? NHEB — Job 7:20
21 Why do you not pardon my disobedience, and take away my iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust. You will seek me diligently, but I shall not be." NHEB — Job 7:21