Job 7 — KJV

7 Verse 1 Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling? ^{Verse 2} As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work: ^{Verse 3} So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me. ^{Verse 4} When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day. ^{Verse 5} My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome. ^{Verse 6} My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope. ^{Verse 7} O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good. ^{Verse 8} The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not. ^{Verse 9} As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. ^{Verse 10} He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more. ^{Verse 11} Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. ^{Verse 12} Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me? ^{Verse 13} When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint; ^{Verse 14} Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions: ^{Verse 15} So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life. ^{Verse 16} I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity. ^{Verse 17} What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him? ^{Verse 18} And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment? ^{Verse 19} How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle? ^{Verse 20} I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself? ^{Verse 21} And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.