Job 7

Berean Standard Bible

Job Continues: Life Seems Futile

1“Is notH3808 manH582 consigned to laborH6635 onH5921 earthH776? Are not his daysH3117 like thoseH3117 of a hired handH7916?2Like a slaveH5650 he longs forH7602 shadeH6738; like a hirelingH7916 he waits forH6960 his wagesH6467.3SoH3651 I am allottedH5157 monthsH3391 of futilityH7723, and nightsH3915 of miseryH5999 are appointedH4487 to me.4WhenH518 I lie downH7901 I thinkH559: ‘WhenH4970 will I get upH6965?’ But the nightH6153 drags onH4058, and I toss and turnH7646 H5076 untilH5704 dawnH5399.5My fleshH1320 is clothedH3847 with wormsH7415 and encrustedH1487 with dirtH6083; my skinH5785 is crackedH7280 and festeringH3988.6My daysH3117 are swifterH7043 thanH4480 a weaver’s shuttleH708; they come to an endH3615 withoutH657 hopeH8615.

7RememberH2142 thatH3588 my lifeH2416 is but a breathH7307.My eyesH5869 will neverH3808 againH7725 seeH7200 happinessH2896.8The eyeH5869 that beholds meH7210 will noH3808 longer see meH7789.You will lookH5869 for me, but I will be no moreH369.9As a cloudH6051 vanishesH3615 and is goneH1980,soH3651 he who goes downH3381 to SheolH7585 does notH3808 come back upH5927.10He neverH3808 H5750 returnsH7725 to his houseH1004;his placeH4725 remembers himH5234 no moreH5750.

11ThereforeH1571 IH589 will notH3808 restrainH2820 my mouthH6310;I will speakH1696 in the anguishH6862 of my spiritH7307;I will complainH7878 in the bitternessH4751 of my soulH5315.12Am IH589 the seaH3220, orH518 the monster of the deepH8577,thatH3588 You must keep me underH7760 H5921 guardH4929?13WhenH3588 I thinkH559 my bedH6210 will comfort meH5162and my couchH4904 will easeH5375 my complaintH7879,14then You frighten meH2865 with dreamsH2472and terrify meH1204 with visionsH2384,15so that IH5315 would preferH977 stranglingH4267 and deathH4194over my life in this bodyH6106.16I loatheH3988 my life! I would notH3808 liveH2421 foreverH5769.Leave me aloneH2308 H4480, forH3588 my daysH3117 are but a breathH1892.

17WhatH4100 is manH582 thatH3588 You should exalt himH1431,thatH3588 You should setH7896 Your heartH3820 upon himH413,18that You attend to himH6485 every morningH1242,and test himH974 every momentH7281?19Will You neverH4100 H3808 look awayH8159 from meH4480,orH3808 leave me aloneH7503 toH5704 swallowH1104 my spittleH7536?20If I have sinnedH2398, whatH4100 have I doneH6466 to You,O watcherH5341 of mankindH120?WhyH4100 have You made meH7760 Your targetH4645,so that I amH1961 a burdenH4853 to YouH5921 1?21WhyH4100 do You notH3808 pardonH5375 my transgressionH6588and take awayH5674 my iniquityH5771?ForH3588 soonH6258 I will lie downH7901 in the dustH6083;You will seek meH7836, but I will be no moreH369.”