Job 7:11-21

11“Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

12Am I a sea, or a sea serpent, That You set a guard over me?

13When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me, My couch will ease my complaint,’

14Then You scare me with dreams And terrify me with visions,

15So that my soul chooses strangling And death rather than my body.

16I loathe my life; I would not live forever. Let me alone, For my days are but a breath.

17“What is man, that You should exalt him, That You should set Your heart on him,

18That You should visit him every morning, And test him every moment?

19How long? Will You not look away from me, And let me alone till I swallow my saliva?

20Have I sinned? What have I done to You, O watcher of men? Why have You set me as Your target, So that I am a burden to myself?

21Why then do You not pardon my transgression, And take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust, And You will seek me diligently, But I will no longer be.”