Job 7 | Strong's Bible

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CHAPTER 7

Is not

man

consigned to labor

on

earth?

Are not his days

like those

of a hired hand?

Like a slave

he longs for

shade;

like a hired man

he waits for

his wages.

So

I am allotted

months

of futility,

and nights

of misery

are appointed

me.

When

I lie down

I think:

‘When

will I get up?’

But the night

drags on,

and I toss and turn

until

dawn.

My flesh

is clothed

with worms

and encrusted

with dirt;

my skin

is cracked

and festering.

My days

are swifter

than

a weaver’s shuttle;

they come to an end

without

hope.

Remember

that

my life

is but a breath.

My eyes

will never

again

see

happiness.

The eye

that beholds me

will no

longer see me.

You will look

for me,

but I will be no more.

As a cloud

vanishes

and is gone,

so

he who goes down

to Sheol

will never

rise again.

He will never

return

to his house;

his place

will

remember him

no more.

Therefore

I

will not

restrain

my mouth;

I will speak

in the anguish

of my spirit;

I will complain

in the bitterness

of my soul.

Am I

the sea,

or

the monster of the deep,

that

You must keep me under

guard?

When

I think

my bed

will comfort me,

and my couch

will ease

my complaint,

then You frighten me

with dreams,

and terrify me

with visions,

so that I

would prefer

strangling

and death

over my life in this body.

I loathe my life!

I would not

live

forever.

Leave me alone,

for

my days are

but a breath.

What

is man

that

You should exalt him,

that

You should set

Your heart

upon him,

that You attend to him

every morning,

and test him

every moment?

Will You never

look away

from me,

or

let me alone

to

swallow

my spittle?

If I have sinned,

what

have I done to You,

O Watcher

of mankind?

Why

have You made me

Your target,

so that I am

a burden

to You?

Why

do You not

pardon

my transgression

and take away

my iniquity?

For

soon

I will lie down

in the dust;

You will seek me,

but I will be no more.”

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