Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
ASV
American Standard Version
“
Is not man
consigned
to labor
on
earth? Are not his days like those
of a hired
hand
?
Is there
not a
warfare
to man
upon
earth? And
are not his days like the
days
of a hireling
?
Like
a slave
he
longs
for
shade;
like
a hireling he
waits
for his wages .
As
a servant
that
earnestly
desireth
the
shadow,
And
as
a hireling that
looketh
for his wages :
So I
am allotted
months of futility
, and nights of
misery
are appointed me.
So am I
made
to
possess
months of misery
, And wearisome
nights are appointed to
me.
When I lie down I think:
‘
When will
I get
up?’
But
the night drags
on,
and I toss
and turn
until
dawn
.
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
.
My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted
with
dirt
; my skin is
cracked
and festering
.
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods
of
dust
; My skin closeth
up,
and breaketh
out
afresh
.
My days are swifter than a weaver’s
shuttle ;
they
come
to
an
end
without hope.
My days are swifter than a weaver's
shuttle ,
And
are
spent
without hope.
Remember that my life is but
a breath .
My
eyes
will
never
again
see happiness
.
Oh
remember that my life is a breath :
Mine
eye
shall
no
more
see good
.
The eye that beholds
me will
no
longer
see
me .
You
will
look
for
me, but I will
be no
more
.
The eye of
him
that seeth
me shall
behold
me no
more;
Thine
eyes
shall
be
upon
me, but I shall
not
be.
As a
cloud vanishes
and
is gone
, so he who
goes
down to Sheol does
not
come back
up.
As the
cloud is consumed
and
vanisheth
away
, So he that
goeth
down to Sheol shall
come up no
more
.
He never
returns
to his house ;
his place remembers
him no
more.
He shall
return
no
more
to his house ,
Neither
shall
his place know
him any
more.
Therefore I will not restrain
my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
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.
Am I the
sea, or the
monster of
the
deep
, that You
must
keep
me under
guard
?
Am I a
sea, or a
sea-
monster, That thou
settest
a
watch
over
me?
When I think
my bed will
comfort me and
my couch will
ease my complaint ,
When I say,
My bed shall
comfort me ,
My couch shall
ease my complaint ;
then You
frighten
me with dreams and terrify
me with
visions ,
Then thou
scarest
me with dreams ,
And terrifiest
me through
visions :
so that I
would
prefer
strangling and death over
my life
in
this
body
.
So that my
soul
chooseth
strangling ,
And death rather
than
`these'
my bones
.
I loathe my life !
I would not live forever.
Leave
me alone ,
for my days are but
a
breath
.
I loathe `
my life ';
I would not live alway:
Let
me alone ;
for my days are vanity
.
What is man that You
should
exalt
him, that You
should
set Your
heart
upon him,
What is man ,
that thou
shouldest
magnify
him, And
that thou
shouldest
set thy
mind
upon him,
that You
attend
to
him every morning, and test
him every moment?
And
that thou
shouldest
visit
him every morning, And try
him every moment?
Will
You
never
look away from me, or
leave
me alone to
swallow my spittle?
How
long
wilt
thou
not
look away from me, Nor
let
me alone till
I
swallow down
my spittle?
If I have sinned, what have
I done
to
You
, O watcher of mankind
? Why have
You
made
me Your
target
, so that I am a burden to You
?
If I have sinned, what do
I unto
thee
, O thou
watcher of men
? Why hast
thou
set
me as
a
mark
for
thee
, So that I am a burden to myself
?
Why do
You
not pardon my transgression and take away my
iniquity? For soon
I will
lie down in the dust; You
will
seek me, but I will
be no
more
. ”
And
why dost
thou
not pardon my transgression ,
and take away mine
iniquity? For now
shall
I lie down in the dust; And
thou
wilt
seek me diligently
, but I shall
not
be.
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