Job 7 — GNB
7Verse 1Is there not a war-service for man on the earth? Are not his days as the days of a hireling?Verse 2As a servant panteth for the shade, And as a hireling looketh for his wages,Verse 3So am I made to possess months of affliction, And wearisome nights are appointed for me.Verse 4If I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? And I am full of restlessness until the dawning of the day.Verse 5My flesh is clothed with worms, and clods of dust; My skin is broken and become loathsome.Verse 6My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle; They pass away without hope.Verse 7O remember that my life is a breath; That mine eye shall no more see good!Verse 8The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more; Thine eyes shall look for me, but I shall not be.Verse 9As the cloud dissolveth and wasteth away, So he that goeth down to the grave shall arise no more;Verse 10No more shall he return to his house, And his dwelling-place shall know him no more.Verse 11Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.Verse 12Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, That thou settest a watch over me?Verse 13When I say, My bed shall relieve me, My couch shall ease my complaint,Verse 14Then thou scarest me with dreams, And terrifiest me with visions;Verse 15So that my soul chooseth strangling, Yea, death, rather than these my bones.Verse 16I am wasting away; I shall not live alway: Let me alone, for my days are a vapor!Verse 17What is man, that thou shouldst make great account him, And fix thy mind upon him?—Verse 18That thou shouldst visit him every morning, And prove him every moment?Verse 19How long ere thou wilt look away from me, And let me alone, till I have time to breathe?Verse 20If I have sinned, what have I done to thee, O thou watcher of men! Why hast thou set me up as thy mark, So that I have become a burden to myself?Verse 21And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, And take away mine iniquity? ((7:22)) For soon shall I sleep in the dust; And, though thou seek me diligently, I shall not be.