Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
“
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
on earth? And
as
the
days of an
hireling
his
days
?
Like
a slave
he
longs
for
shade;
like
a hireling he
waits
for
his wages.
As
a servant
desireth
the
shadow,
And
as
a hireling expecteth
his wage,
So I am
allotted
months of futility
, and nights of misery are
appointed
me.
So I have
been
caused
to
inherit
months of vanity
, And nights of misery they
numbered
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.
If
I lay
down then
I said,
`
When do
I rise!'
And
evening
hath
been
measured
, And I have
been
full
of
tossings
till
dawn.
My flesh is
clothed
with worms and encrusted
with
dirt;
my skin is
cracked
and festering.
Clothed
hath
been
my flesh `
with '
worms ,
And a
clod
of
dust,
My skin hath
been
shrivelled
and is
loathsome,
My days are
swifter than a weaver’s
shuttle;
they come
to
an
end
without hope.
My days swifter than a weaving
machine,
And
they are
consumed
without hope.
Remember that my life is but
a breath .
My
eyes
will
never
again
see happiness
.
Remember Thou
that my life `
is '
a breath ,
Mine
eye
turneth
not
back
to
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
my
beholder
beholdeth
me not
. Thine
eyes
`are'
upon
me --
and
I am
not
.
As
a cloud vanishes
and is
gone
, so he who goes
down to Sheol does
not come
back
up.
Consumed
hath
been
a cloud ,
and it
goeth
, So he who is
going
down to Sheol cometh
not up.
He never
returns
to his house ;
his place remembers
him no
more
.
He turneth
not
again
to his house ,
Nor
doth
his place discern
him again
.
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.
Also
I --
I
withhold
not my mouth --
I speak in the distress
of my spirit ,
I talk
in the bitterness of my soul.
Am I the
sea
, or the
monster
of
the
deep
, that You
must
keep
me under
guard?
A
sea-`monster'
am I, or a
dragon
, That thou
settest
over
me a
guard?
When I think
my bed will
comfort me and
my couch
will
ease
my complaint,
When I said,
`
My bed doth
comfort me ,'
He
taketh
away
in
my talking
my couch.
then
You
frighten
me with dreams and terrify
me
with
visions,
And
thou
hast
affrighted
me with dreams ,
And from
visions thou
terrifiest
me
,
so
that
I
would
prefer
strangling
and death over
my life
in
this
body
.
And my
soul
chooseth
strangling,
Death rather
than
my bones
.
I loathe
my
life!
I
would
not live forever
. Leave
me alone
, for my days are but
a
breath
.
I have
wasted
away
--
not to
the
age
do
I
live. Cease
from
me, 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
dost
magnify
him ?
And
that Thou
settest
unto
him Thy
heart?
that
You
attend
to
him every
morning
, and
test
him every
moment
?
And
inspectest
him in
the
mornings
, In
the
evenings
dost
try
him?
Will
You
never
look away
from me ,
or
leave
me
alone
to
swallow my spittle ?
How
long
dost
Thou
not
look from me ?
Thou
dost
not
desist
till
I
swallow 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
?
I have sinned, what do
I to Thee
, O watcher of man
? Why hast
Thou
set
me for
a
mark
to
Thee
, And
I am for
a burden to myself
--
and
what
?
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.”
Thou
dost
not take
away
my transgression ,
And cause
to
pass
away mine
iniquity ,
Because
now,
for dust
I lie down :
And
Thou
hast
sought
me --
and
I am
not!
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