Job 7

1 “Isn't a man forced to labor on earth? Aren't his days like the days of a hired hand?WEB — Job 7:1

2 As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, As a hireling who looks for his wages,WEB — Job 7:2

3 So am I made to possess months of misery, Wearisome nights are appointed to me.WEB — 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.WEB — Job 7:4

5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust. My skin closes up, and breaks out afresh.WEB — Job 7:5

6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, And are spent without hope.WEB — Job 7:6

7 Oh remember that my life is a breath. My eye shall no more see good.WEB — 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.WEB — Job 7:8

9 As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, So he who goes down to Sheol shall come up no more.WEB — Job 7:9

10 He shall return no more to his house, Neither shall his place know him any more.WEB — 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.WEB — Job 7:11

12 Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, That you put a guard over me?WEB — Job 7:12

13 When I say, ‘My bed shall comfort me, My couch shall ease my complaint;’WEB — Job 7:13

14 Then you scar me with dreams, And terrify me through visions:WEB — Job 7:14

15 So that my soul chooses strangling, Death rather than my bones.WEB — Job 7:15

16 I loathe my life. I don't want to live forever. Leave me alone; for my days are but a breath.WEB — Job 7:16

17 What is man, that you should magnify him, That you should set your mind on him,WEB — Job 7:17

18 That you should visit him every morning, And test him every moment?WEB — Job 7:18

19 How long will you not look away from me, Nor leave me alone until I swallow down my spittle?WEB — 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?WEB — 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.”WEB — Job 7:21