Job 7:1-21 (New International Version)
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"Does not man have hard service1 on earth?2 Are not his days like those of a hired man?3
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Like a slave longing for the evening shadows,4 or a hired man waiting eagerly for his wages,5
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so I have been allotted months of futility, and nights of misery have been assigned to me.6
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When I lie down I think, 'How long before I get up?'7 The night drags on, and I toss till dawn.8
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My body is clothed with worms9 and scabs, my skin is broken and festering.10
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"My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle,11 and they come to an end without hope.12
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Remember, O God, that my life is but a breath;13 my eyes will never see happiness again.14
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The eye that now sees me will see me no longer; you will look for me, but I will be no more.15
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As a cloud vanishes16 and is gone, so he who goes down to the gravea17 does not return.18
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He will never come to his house again; his place19 will know him no more.20
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"Therefore I will not keep silent;21 I will speak out in the anguish22 of my spirit, I will complain23 in the bitterness of my soul.24
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Am I the sea,25 or the monster of the deep,26 that you put me under guard?27
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When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,28
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even then you frighten me with dreams and terrify29 me with visions,30
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so that I prefer strangling and death,31 rather than this body of mine.32
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I despise my life;33 I would not live forever.34 Let me alone;35 my days have no meaning.36
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"What is man that you make so much of him, that you give him so much attention,37
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that you examine him every morning38 and test him39 every moment?40
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Will you never look away from me,41 or let me alone even for an instant?42
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If I have sinned, what have I done to you,43 O watcher of men? Why have you made me your target?44 Have I become a burden to you?b45
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Why do you not pardon my offenses and forgive my sins?46 For I will soon lie down in the dust;47 you will search for me, but I will be no more."48
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