1Is therenot an appointed timeצָבָ֣אtza.Va'H6635to manלֶאֱנ֣וֹשׁle.'e.No.oshH582upon earthאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776? are nothis daysוְכִימֵ֖יve.khi.MeiH3117also like the daysיָמָֽיו׃ya.MavH3117of an hirelingשָׂכִ֣ירsa.KhirH7916?
2As a servantכְּעֶ֥בֶדke.'E.vedH5650earnestly desirethיִשְׁאַף־yish.'af-H7602the shadowצֵ֑לTzelH6738,and as an hirelingוּ֝כְשָׂכִ֗ירu.khe.sa.KhirH7916lookethיְקַוֶּ֥הye.ka.VehH6960for the reward ofhis workפָעֳלֽוֹ׃fo.'o.LoH6467:
3So am I made to possessהָנְחַ֣לְתִּיha.ne.Chal.tiH5157monthsיַרְחֵי־yar.chei-H3391of vanityשָׁ֑וְאShav'H7723,and wearisomeעָ֝מָ֗ל'a.MalH5999nightsוְלֵיל֥וֹתve.lei.LotH3915are appointedמִנּוּ־mi.nu-H4487to me.
4When I lie downשָׁכַ֗בְתִּיsha.Khav.tiH7901,I sayוְאָמַ֗רְתִּיve.'a.Mar.tiH559,When shall I ariseאָ֭קוּם'A.kumH6965,and the nightעָ֑רֶב'A.revH6153be goneH4059?and I am fullוְשָׂבַ֖עְתִּיve.sa.Va'.tiH7646of tossings to and froנְדֻדִ֣יםne.du.DimH5076unto the dawning of the dayנָֽשֶׁף׃Na.shefH5399.
5My fleshבְּשָׂרִ֣יbe.sa.RiH1320is clothedלָ֘בַ֤שׁla.VashH3847with wormsרִ֭מָּהRi.mahH7415and clodsוְג֣וּשׁve.gishH1487of dustעָפָ֑ר'a.FarH6083;my skinעוֹרִ֥יo.RiH5785is brokenרָ֝גַ֗עra.Ga'H7280,and become loathsomeוַיִּמָּאֵֽס׃vai.yi.ma.'EsH3988.
6My daysיָמַ֣יya.MaiH3117are swifterקַ֭לּוּKa.luH7043than a weaver’s shuttleאָ֑רֶג'A.regH708,and are spentוַ֝יִּכְל֗וּvai.yikh.LuH3615withoutבְּאֶ֣פֶסbe.'E.fesH657hopeתִּקְוָֽה׃tik.VahH8615.
7O rememberזְ֭כֹרZe.khorH2142that my lifeחַיָּ֑יchai.YaiH2416iswindר֣וּחַRu.achH7307:mine eyeעֵ֝ינִ֗י'ei.NiH5869shall no moreתָשׁ֥וּבta.ShuvH7725seeלִרְא֥וֹתlir.'otH7200goodטֽוֹב׃TovH2896.
8The eyeעֵ֣ין'einH5869of him that hath seenרֹ֑אִיRo.'iH7210me shall seeתְ֭שׁוּרֵנִיTe.shu.re.niH7789me no more:thine eyesעֵינֶ֖יךָ'ei.Nei.khaH5869are upon me, and I am not.
9Asthe cloudעָ֭נָן'A.nonH6051is consumedכָּלָ֣הka.LahH3615and vanisheth awayH3212:so he that goeth downיוֹרֵ֥דyo.RedH3381to the graveשְׁ֝א֗וֹלShe.olH7585shall come upיַעֲלֶֽה׃ya.'a.LehH5927no more.
10He shall returnיָשׁ֣וּבya.ShuvH7725no more to his houseלְבֵית֑וֹle.vei.ToH1004,neither shall his placeמְקֹמֽוֹ׃me.ko.MoH4725knowיַכִּירֶ֖נּוּya.ki.Re.nuH5234him any more.
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