Job 7 — ULB
7Verse 1Does not man have hard labor on earth?
Are not his days like the days of a hired man?
Verse 2Like a slave earnestly desires the shadows of evening,
like a hired man looks for his wages—
Verse 3so I have been made to endure months of misery;
I have been given trouble-filled nights.
Verse 4When I lie down, I say to myself,
'When will I get up and when will the night be gone?'
I am full of tossing to and fro until the day's dawning.
Verse 5My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust;
the sores in my skin harden up and then dissolve and run afresh.
Verse 6My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle;
they pass without hope.
Verse 7God, call to mind that my life is only a breath;
my eye will no more see good.
Verse 8The eye of God, who sees me, will see me no more;
God's eyes will be on me, but I will not exist.
Verse 9As a cloud is consumed and vanishes away,
so he who goes down to Sheol will come up no more.
Verse 10He will return no more to his house;
neither will his place know him again.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 the sea or a sea monster
that you place a guard over me?
Verse 13When I say, 'My bed will comfort me,
and my couch will ease my complaint,'
Verse 14then you scare me with dreams
and terrify me through visions,
Verse 15so that I would choose strangling
and death rather than preserving these bones of mine.
Verse 16I loathe my life; I would not wish to always be alive;
let me alone for my days are useless.
Verse 17What is man that you should pay attention to him,
that you should set your mind on him,
Verse 18that you should observe him every morning
and test him every moment?
Verse 19How long will it be before you look away from me,
before you let me alone long enough for me to swallow down my own saliva?
Verse 20Even if I have sinned, what would that do to you, you who watch men?
Why have you made a target of me,
so that I am a burden for you?
Verse 21Why do you not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity?
For now will I lie down in the dust;
you will seek me carefully, but I will not exist.”
Are not his days like the days of a hired man?
Verse 2Like a slave earnestly desires the shadows of evening,
like a hired man looks for his wages—
Verse 3so I have been made to endure months of misery;
I have been given trouble-filled nights.
Verse 4When I lie down, I say to myself,
'When will I get up and when will the night be gone?'
I am full of tossing to and fro until the day's dawning.
Verse 5My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust;
the sores in my skin harden up and then dissolve and run afresh.
Verse 6My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle;
they pass without hope.
Verse 7God, call to mind that my life is only a breath;
my eye will no more see good.
Verse 8The eye of God, who sees me, will see me no more;
God's eyes will be on me, but I will not exist.
Verse 9As a cloud is consumed and vanishes away,
so he who goes down to Sheol will come up no more.
Verse 10He will return no more to his house;
neither will his place know him again.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 the sea or a sea monster
that you place a guard over me?
Verse 13When I say, 'My bed will comfort me,
and my couch will ease my complaint,'
Verse 14then you scare me with dreams
and terrify me through visions,
Verse 15so that I would choose strangling
and death rather than preserving these bones of mine.
Verse 16I loathe my life; I would not wish to always be alive;
let me alone for my days are useless.
Verse 17What is man that you should pay attention to him,
that you should set your mind on him,
Verse 18that you should observe him every morning
and test him every moment?
Verse 19How long will it be before you look away from me,
before you let me alone long enough for me to swallow down my own saliva?
Verse 20Even if I have sinned, what would that do to you, you who watch men?
Why have you made a target of me,
so that I am a burden for you?
Verse 21Why do you not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity?
For now will I lie down in the dust;
you will seek me carefully, but I will not exist.”