ASV_Strong : Job 7
1. Is there not a warfare to man[H582] upon earth[H776]? And are not his days[H3117] like the days[H3117] of a hireling[H7916]?
2. As a servant[H5650] that earnestly desireth[H7602] the shadow[H6738], And as a hireling[H7916] that looketh[H6960] for his wages[H6467]:
3. So am I made to possess[H5157] months[H3391] of misery[H7723], And wearisome[H5999] nights[H3915] are appointed to me[H4487].
4. When I lie down[H7901], I say[H559], When shall I arise[H6965], and the night[H6153] be gone[H4059]? And I am full[H7646] of tossings to and fro[H5076] unto the dawning of the day[H5399].
5. My flesh[H1320] is clothed[H3847] with worms[H7415] and clods[H1487] of dust[H6083]; My skin[H5785] closeth up[H7280], and breaketh out afresh[H3988].
6. My days[H3117] are swifter[H7043] than a weaver[H708]'s shuttle, And are spent[H3615] without[H657] hope[H8615].
7. Oh remember[H2142] that my life[H2416] is a breath[H7307]: Mine eye[H5869] shall no more[H7725] see[H7200] good[H2896].
8. The eye[H5869] of him that seeth[H7210] me shall behold[H7789] me no more[H5869]; Thine eyes shall be upon me, but I shall not be.
9. As the cloud[H6051] is consumed[H3615] and vanisheth away[H3212], So he that goeth down[H3381] to Sheol[H7585] shall come up no more[H5927].
10. He shall return[H7725] no more to his house[H1004], Neither shall his place[H4725] know him any more[H5234].
11. Therefore I will not refrain[H2820] my mouth[H6310]; I will speak[H1696] in the anguish[H6862] of my spirit[H7307]; I will complain[H7878] in the bitterness[H4751] of my soul[H5315].
12. Am I a sea[H3220], or a sea-monster[H8577], That thou settest[H7760] a watch over me[H4929]?
13. When I say[H559], My bed[H6210] shall comfort[H5162] me[H4904], My couch shall ease[H5375] my complaint[H7879];
14. Then thou scarest[H2865] me with dreams[H2472], And terrifiest[H1204] me through visions[H2384]:
15. So that my soul[H5315] chooseth[H977] strangling[H4267], And death[H4194] rather than these my bones[H6106].
16. I loathe[H3988] my life[H2421]; I would not live alway[H5769]: Let me alone[H2308]; for my days[H3117] are vanity[H1892].
17. What is man[H582], that thou shouldest magnify[H1431] him[H7896], And that thou shouldest set thy mind upon him[H3820],
18. And that thou shouldest visit[H6485] him every morning[H1242], And try[H974] him every moment[H7281]?
19. How long[H4100] wilt thou not look away[H8159] from me[H7503], Nor let me alone till I swallow down[H1104] my spittle[H7536]?
20. If I have sinned[H2398], what I unto thee[H5341], O thou watcher of men[H120]? Why hast thou set[H7760] me as a mark[H4645] for thee[H4853], So that I am a burden to myself?
21. And why dost thou not pardon[H5375] my transgression[H6588], and take away[H5674] mine iniquity[H5771]? For now shall I lie down[H7901] in the dust[H6083]; And thou wilt seek me diligently[H7836], but I shall not be.
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