“1 [Is there] not an appointed time to man upon earth? [are not] his
days also like the days of an hireling? 2 As a servant earnestly
desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for [the reward of] his
work: 3 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights
are appointed to me. 4 When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and
the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning
of the day. 5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin
is broken, and become loathsome. 6 My days are swifter than a weaver’s
shuttle, and are spent without hope.”
“7 O remember that my life [is] wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no [more]: thine eyes
[are] upon me, and I [am] not. 9 [As] the cloud is consumed and
vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no
[more]. 10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place
know him any more. 11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will
speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of
my soul. 12 [Am] I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
13 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my
complaint; 14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me
through visions: 15 So that my soul chooseth strangling, [and] death
rather than my life. 16 I loathe [it]; I would not live alway: let me
alone; for my days [are] vanity.”
“17 What [is] man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou
shouldest set thine heart upon him? 18 And [that] thou shouldest visit
him every morning, [and] try him every moment? 19 How long wilt thou not
depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle? 20 I
have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why
hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to
myself? 21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away
mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me
in the morning, but I [shall] not [be].” (Job 7:1-21 AV)
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