GodsWord - Job - 7

7:1  "Isn't a mortal's stay on earth difficult like a hired hand's daily work?

7:2  Like a slave, he longs for shade. Like a hired hand, he eagerly looks for his pay.

7:3  Likewise, I have been given months that are of no use, and I have inherited nights filled with misery.

7:4  When I lie down, I ask, 'When will I get up?' But the evening is long, and I'm exhausted from tossing about until dawn.

7:5  My body is covered with maggots and scabs. My skin is crusted over with sores; then they ooze.

7:6  My days go swifter than a weaver's shuttle. They are spent without hope.

7:7  Remember, my life is only a breath, and never again will my eyes see anything good.

7:8  The eye that watches over me will no longer see me. Your eye will look for me, but I'll be gone.

7:9  As a cloud fades away and disappears, so a person goes into the grave and doesn't come back again.

7:10  He doesn't come back home again, and his household doesn't recognize him anymore.

7:11  So I won't keep my mouth shut, but I will speak from the distress that is in my spirit and complain about the bitterness in my soul.

7:12  "Am I the sea or a sea monster that you have set a guard over me?

7:13  When I say, 'My couch may give me comfort. My bed may help me bear my pain,'

7:14  then you frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions.

7:15  My throat would rather be choked. My body would prefer death to these dreams.

7:16  I hate my life; I do not want to live forever. Leave me alone because my days are so brief.

7:17  "What is a mortal that you should make so much of him, that you should be concerned about him?

7:18  What is he that you should inspect him every morning and examine him every moment?

7:19  Why don't you stop looking at me long enough to let me swallow my spit?

7:20  If I sin, what can I possibly do to you since you insist on spying on people? Why do you make me your target? I've become a burden even to myself.

7:21  Why don't you forgive my disobedience and take away my sin? Soon I'll lie down in the dust. Then you will search for me, but I'll be gone!"