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<p class="indent2"> Are not his days like those of a hired hand? <A name="3"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/7-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Like a slave he longs for shade; <p class="indent2"> like a hireling he waits for his wages. <A name="4"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/7-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>So I am allotted months of futility, <p class="indent2"> and nights of misery are appointed me. <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/7-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>When I lie down I think: <p class="indent2">‘When will I get up?’ <p class="indent1"> But the night drags on, <p class="indent2"> and I toss and turn until dawn. <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/7-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>My flesh is clothed with worms <p class="indent2"> and encrusted with dirt; <p class="indent2"> my skin is cracked and festering. <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/7-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; <p class="indent2"> they come to an end without hope. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Remember that my life is but a breath. <p class="indent2"> My eyes will never again see happiness. <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. <p class="indent2"> You will look for me, but I will be no more. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>As a cloud vanishes and is gone, <p class="indent2"> so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up. <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>He never returns to his house; <p class="indent2"> his place remembers him no more. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; <p class="indent2"> I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; <p class="indent2"> I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, <p class="indent2"> that You must keep me under guard? <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>When I think my bed will comfort me <p class="indent2"> and my couch will ease my complaint, <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/7-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>then You frighten me with dreams <p class="indent2"> and terrify me with visions, <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/7-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>so that I would prefer strangling and death <p class="indent2"> over my life in this body. <A name="17"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/7-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>I loathe my life! I would not live forever. <p class="indent2"> Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath. <A name="18"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/7-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>What is man that You should exalt him, <p class="indent2"> that You should set Your heart upon him, <A name="19"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/7-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>that You attend to him every morning, <p class="indent2"> and test him every moment? <A name="20"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/7-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Will You never look away from me, <p class="indent2"> or leave me alone to swallow my spittle? <A name="21"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/7-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>If I have sinned, what have I done to You, <p class="indent2"> O watcher of mankind? <p class="indent1"> Why have You made me Your target, <p class="indent2"> so that I am a burden to You<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span>? <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/7-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Why do You not pardon my transgression <p class="indent2"> and take away my iniquity? <p class="indent1"> For soon I will lie down in the dust; <p class="indent2"> You will seek me, but I will be no more.”</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">20</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> LXX; Hebrew <i>to myself</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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