1 “Isn't a man forced to labor on earth? Aren't his days like the days of a hired hand? WEB — Job 7:1
2 As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, As a hireling who looks for his wages, WEB — Job 7:2
3 So am I made to possess months of misery, Wearisome nights are appointed to me. WEB — Job 7:3
4 When I lie down, I say, ‘When shall I arise, and the night be gone?’ I toss and turn until the dawning of the day. WEB — Job 7:4
5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust. My skin closes up, and breaks out afresh. WEB — Job 7:5
6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, And are spent without hope. WEB — Job 7:6
7 Oh remember that my life is a breath. My eye shall no more see good. WEB — Job 7:7
8 The eye of him who sees me shall see me no more. Your eyes shall be on me, but I shall not be. WEB — Job 7:8
9 As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, So he who goes down to Sheol shall come up no more. WEB — Job 7:9
10 He shall return no more to his house, Neither shall his place know him any more. WEB — Job 7:10
11 “Therefore I will not keep silent. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. WEB — Job 7:11
12 Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, That you put a guard over me? WEB — Job 7:12
13 When I say, ‘My bed shall comfort me, My couch shall ease my complaint;’ WEB — Job 7:13
14 Then you scar me with dreams, And terrify me through visions: WEB — Job 7:14
15 So that my soul chooses strangling, Death rather than my bones. WEB — Job 7:15
16 I loathe my life. I don't want to live forever. Leave me alone; for my days are but a breath. WEB — Job 7:16
17 What is man, that you should magnify him, That you should set your mind on him, WEB — Job 7:17
18 That you should visit him every morning, And test him every moment? WEB — Job 7:18
19 How long will you not look away from me, Nor leave me alone until I swallow down my spittle? WEB — Job 7:19
20 If I have sinned, what do I do to you, you watcher of men? Why have you set me as a mark for you, So that I am a burden to myself? WEB — Job 7:20
21 Why do you not pardon my disobedience, and take away my iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust. You will seek me diligently, but I shall not be.” WEB — Job 7:21