1 “Isn’t a man forced to labor on earth? 2 As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, 3 so am I made to possess months of misery, 4 When I lie down, I say, 5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust. 6 My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, 7 Oh remember that my life is a breath. 8 The eye of him who sees me shall see me no more. 9 As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, 10 He shall return no more to his house, 11 “Therefore I will not keep silent. 12 Am I a sea, or a sea monster, 13 When I say, ‘My bed shall comfort me. 14 then you scare me with dreams, 15 so that my soul chooses strangling, 16 I loathe my life. 17 What is man, that you should magnify him, 18 that you should visit him every morning, 19 How long will you not look away from me, 20 If I have sinned, what do I do to you, you watcher of men? 21 Why do you not pardon my disobedience, and take away my iniquity?