Verse
WEB
World English Bible
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
"Isn't
a
man forced
to labor on earth? Aren't
his days like the
days
of a hired hand?
“Is
not
man consigned
to labor on earth? Are
not
his days like those
of a hired hand?
As
a servant
who
earnestly
desires
the
shadow,
As
a hireling who
looks
for his wages ,
Like
a slave
he
longs
for
shade;
like
a hireling he
waits
for his wages .
So am
I made
to
possess
months of misery
, Wearisome
nights are appointed to
me.
So I am
allotted
months of futility
, and
nights of
misery
are appointed me.
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
.
When I lie down I think:
‘
When will
I get
up?’
But
the night drags
on,
and
I toss and turn until dawn
.
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods
of
dust.
My skin closes
up,
and breaks
out
afresh
.
My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted
with
dirt;
my skin is
cracked
and festering
.
My days are swifter than a weaver's
shuttle ,
And
are
spent
without hope.
My days are swifter than a weaver’s
shuttle ;
they
come
to
an
end
without hope.
Oh
remember that my life is a breath. My eye
shall
no
more
see good
.
Remember that my life is but
a breath. My eyes
will
never
again
see happiness
.
The eye of
him
who
sees
me shall
see me no
more
. Your
eyes
shall
be
on
me, but I shall
not
be.
The eye that
beholds
me will
no
longer
see me. You
will
look
for
me, but I will
be no
more
.
As the
cloud is
consumed
and
vanishes away
, So he who goes down to Sheol shall
come up no
more
.
As a
cloud vanishes and
is
gone
, so he who goes down to Sheol does
not
come back
up.
He shall
return
no
more
to his house ,
Neither
shall
his place know
him any
more.
He never
returns
to his house ;
his place remembers
him no
more.
"
Therefore I will not keep
silent.
I will speak in the anguish of my spirit .
I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
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.
Am I a
sea, or a
sea-
monster, That you put
a
guard
over
me?
Am I the
sea, or the
monster of
the
deep
, that You must
keep
me under
guard
?
When I say,
'
My bed shall
comfort me ,
My couch shall
ease my complaint ;'
When I think
my bed will
comfort me and
my couch will
ease my complaint ,
Then you scar
me with dreams ,
And terrify me through
visions :
then You frighten
me with dreams and terrify me with
visions ,
So that my
soul
chooses
strangling ,
Death rather
than
my bones
.
so that I
would
prefer
strangling and
death over
my life
in
this
body
.
I loathe my life .
I don't
want
to
live forever. Leave me alone ;
for my days are but a breath.
I loathe my life !
I would
not
live forever. Leave me alone ,
for my days are but a breath.
What is man ,
that you should magnify
him, That you should set your mind
on
him,
What is man that You should exalt
him, that You should set Your heart
upon
him,
That you should
visit
him every morning, And test him every moment?
that You attend
to
him every morning, and test him every moment?
How
long
will you not
look away from me, Nor
leave me alone until
I
swallow down
my spittle?
Will You never
look away from me, or
leave me alone to
swallow my spittle?
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
?
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
?
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. "
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
. ”
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