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Has not manrch. 14:14; Isa. 40:2 a hard service on earth,
and are not hissch. 14:5; Ps. 39:4 days like the days of a hired hand?
2 Like a slave who longs fortSong 2:17; 4:6; Jer. 6:4 the shadow,
and likeuch. 14:6 a hired hand who looks for hisvLev. 19:13 wages,
3 so I am allotted months ofwver. 16 emptiness,
x[ch. 30:17] and nights of misery are apportioned to me.
4 yDeut. 28:67 When I lie down I say, ‘When shall I arise? ’
But the night is long,
and I am full of tossing till the dawn.
5 My flesh is clothed withzIsa. 14:11 worms anda[ch. 2:8] dirt;
my skin hardens, thenb[ch. 2:7] breaks out afresh.
6 My days arecch. 9:25 swifter thand[Isa. 38:12] a weaver's shuttle
and come to their end without hope.
7 Remember that my life is aech. 6:26; Ps. 78:39 breath;
my eye will never again see good.
8 fch. 20:9; [ch. 8:18; Ps. 37:36] The eye of him who sees me will behold me no more;
while your eyes are on me,g[ver. 2] I shall be gone.
9 Ashch. 30:15 the cloud fades and vanishes,
so he whoiSee ch. 21:13 goes down to Sheol does not come up;
10 hejch. 10:21; 2 Sam. 12:23 returns no more to his house,
nor does hiskch. 20:9; Ps. 103:16; [ch. 8:18] place know him anymore.
11 Therefore I will notlPs. 40:9 restrain my mouth;
I will speak in the anguish of my spirit;
I willmch. 21:4; Ps. 77:3 complain innch. 10:1; 21:25; 1 Sam. 1:10; Isa. 38:15; [ch. 3:20] the bitterness of my soul.
12 Am I the sea, oroGen. 1:21 a sea monster,
that you set a guard over me?
13 p[ch. 9:27] When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me,
my couch will ease my complaint, ’
14 then you scare me with dreams
and terrify me with visions,
15 so that I would choose strangling
and death rather than myq[ch. 19:20; 30:17] bones.
16 Ir[ch. 9:21; 10:1] loathe my life; I would not live forever.
sch. 10:20; 14:6; Ex. 14:12; [Ps. 39:13] Leave me alone, for my days aretver. 3 a breath.
17 uPs. 8:4; 144:3; Heb. 2:6 What is man, that you make so much of him,
and that you set your heart on him,
18 vPs. 17:3 visit him every morning
andwPs. 11:4, 5 test him every moment?
19 How long will you notxch. 14:6 look away from me,
nor leave me alone till I swallow my spit?
20 If I sin, what do I do to you, you watcher of mankind?
Why have you made meych. 16:12; Lam. 3:12 your mark?
Why have I become a burden to you?
21 Why do you not pardon my transgression
and take away my iniquity?
For now I shall lie inzDan. 12:2 the earth;
you willa[ch. 8:5; 24:5; Prov. 1:28] seek me,b[ver. 8] but I shall not be. ”