- 1. ¶ BEHOLD there is an appointed time for man upon earth, and his days are like the days of a hireling.
- 2. As a servant who eagerly longs for eventide, and as a hireling who looks to complete his job;
- 3. So have I inherited months of vanity, and wearisome nights are meted out to me.
- 4. When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise? and the night seems long; when I go to rest, I toss about till the dawning of the day.
- 5. My flesh is covered with worms, and my body with dust; my skin is shrunk, and falls apart.
- 6. My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
- 7. ¶ O remember that the spirit is still alive; even yet my eye shall again see good.
- 8. The eye of him who has seen me shall rejoice no more; thine eyes are upon me, and vet I am gone.
- 9. As the cloud fades away and disappears, so he who descends to Sheol shall not ascend any more.
- 10. He shall return no more to his house, neither shall he recognize his place any more.
- 11. 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.
- 12. Am I a sea, or a sea monster, that thou settest a watch over me?
- 13. For I said that thou shalt comfort me, and I will be relieved of the pain of my sickbed.
- 14. And, behold, thou dost scare me with dreams, and terrify me through visions;
- 15. Thou hast drawn my life out of destruction, and my bones out of death.
- 16. I am despondent; I would not live for ever; leave me alone, for my days are vanity.
- 17. ¶ What is man, that thou shouldst destroy him? And that thou shouldst think of him;
- 18. And that thou shouldst visit him every morning, and try him every moment?
- 19. How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow my spittle?
- 20. If I have sinned; what have I done to thee, O thou Creator of men? Why hast thou caused me to encounter thee? Thou hast become a burden to me.
- 21. Until when wilt thou not forgive my transgressions and remove my iniquity? For now I shall lie in the dust; and thou shalt seek me, but I shall be no more.
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