Job 7 — BST
7Verse 1Is not the life of man upon earth a state of trial? and his existence as that of a hireling by the day?Verse 2Or as a servant that fears his master, and one who has grasped a shadow? or as a hireling waiting for his pay?Verse 3So have I also endured months of vanity, and nights of pain have been appointed me.Verse 4Whenever I lie down, I say, When will it be day? and whenever I rise up, again I say when will it be evening? and I am full of pains from evening to morning.Verse 5And my body is covered with loathsome worms; and I waste away, scraping off clods of dust from my eruption.Verse 6And my life is lighter than a word, and has perished in vain hope.Verse 7Remember then that my life is breath, and mine eye shall not yet again see good.Verse 8The eye of him that sees me shall not see me again: thine eyes are upon me, and I am no more.Verse 9I am as a cloud that is cleared away from the sky: for if a man go down to the grave, he shall not come up again:Verse 10and he shall surely not return to his own house, neither shall his place know him any more.Verse 11Then neither will I refrain my mouth: I will speak being in distress; being in anguish I will disclose the bitterness of my soul.Verse 12Am I a sea, or a serpent, that thou hast set a watch over me?Verse 13I said that my bed should comfort me, and I would privately counsel with myself on my couch.Verse 14Thou scarest me with dreams, and dost terrify me with visions.Verse 15Thou wilt separate life from my spirit; and yet keep my bones from death.Verse 16For I shall not live for ever, that I should patiently endure: depart from me, for my life is vain.Verse 17For what is man, that thou hast magnified him? or that thou givest heed to him?Verse 18Wilt thou visit him till the morning, and judge him till the time of rest?Verse 19How long dost thou not let me alone, nor let me go, until I shall swallow down my spittle?Verse 20If I have sinned, what shall I be able to do, O thou that understandest the mind of men? why hast thou made me as thine accuser, and why am I a burden to thee?Verse 21Why hast thou not forgotten my iniquity, and purged my sin? but now I shall depart to the earth; and in the morning, I am no more.