Job 7:1 (WEB)
"Isn't a man forced to labor on earth? Aren't his days like the days of a hired hand?

Job 7:2 (WEB)
As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, As a hireling who looks for his wages,

Job 7:3 (WEB)
So am I made to possess months of misery, Wearisome nights are appointed to me.

Job 7:4 (WEB)
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.

Job 7:5 (WEB)
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust. My skin closes up, and breaks out afresh.

Job 7:6 (WEB)
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, And are spent without hope.

Job 7:7 (WEB)
Oh remember that my life is a breath. My eye shall no more see good.

Job 7:8 (WEB)
The eye of him who sees me shall see me no more. Your eyes shall be on me, but I shall not be.

Job 7:9 (WEB)
As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, So he who goes down to Sheol shall come up no more.

Job 7:10 (WEB)
He shall return no more to his house, Neither shall his place know him any more.

Job 7:11 (WEB)
"Therefore I will not keep silent. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

Job 7:12 (WEB)
Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, That you put a guard over me?

Job 7:13 (WEB)
When I say, 'My bed shall comfort me, My couch shall ease my complaint;'

Job 7:14 (WEB)
Then you scar me with dreams, And terrify me through visions:

Job 7:15 (WEB)
So that my soul chooses strangling, Death rather than my bones.

Job 7:16 (WEB)
I loathe my life. I don't want to live forever. Leave me alone; for my days are but a breath.

Job 7:17 (WEB)
What is man, that you should magnify him, That you should set your mind on him,

Job 7:18 (WEB)
That you should visit him every morning, And test him every moment?

Job 7:19 (WEB)
How long will you not look away from me, Nor leave me alone until I swallow down my spittle?

Job 7:20 (WEB)
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?

Job 7:21 (WEB)
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."
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