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World English Bible Classic
[1] “Isn’t a man forced to labor on earth?
Aren’t his days like the days of a hired hand?
[2] As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow,
as a hireling who looks for his wages,
[3] so I am made to possess months of misery,
wearisome nights are appointed to me.
[4] When I lie down, I say,
‘When will I arise, and the night be gone?’
I toss and turn until the dawning of the day.
[5] My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust.
My skin closes up, and breaks out afresh.
[6] My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,
and are spent without hope.
[7] Oh remember that my life is a breath.
My eye will no more see good.
[8] The eye of him who sees me will see me no more.
Your eyes will be on me, but I will not be.
[9] As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away,
so he who goes down to Sheolⓘ will come up no more.
[10] He will return no more to his house,
neither will his place know him any more. [11] “Therefore I will not keep silent.
I will speak in the anguish of my spirit.
I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
[12] Am I a sea, or a sea monster,
that you put a guard over me?
[13] When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me.
My couch will ease my complaint,’
[14] then you scare me with dreams
and terrify me through visions,
[15] so that my soul chooses strangling,
death rather than my bones.
[16] I loathe my life.
I don’t want to live forever.
Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
[17] What is man, that you should magnify him,
that you should set your mind on him,
[18] that you should visit him every morning,
and test him every moment?
[19] How long will you not look away from me,
nor leave me alone until I swallow down my spittle?
[20] If I have sinned, what do I do to you, you watcher of men?
Why have you set me as a mark for you,
so that I am a burden to myself?
[21] Why do you not pardon my disobedience, and take away my iniquity?
For now will I lie down in the dust.
You will seek me diligently, but I will not be.”
Aren’t his days like the days of a hired hand?
[2] As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow,
as a hireling who looks for his wages,
[3] so I am made to possess months of misery,
wearisome nights are appointed to me.
[4] When I lie down, I say,
‘When will I arise, and the night be gone?’
I toss and turn until the dawning of the day.
[5] My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust.
My skin closes up, and breaks out afresh.
[6] My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,
and are spent without hope.
[7] Oh remember that my life is a breath.
My eye will no more see good.
[8] The eye of him who sees me will see me no more.
Your eyes will be on me, but I will not be.
[9] As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away,
so he who goes down to Sheolⓘ will come up no more.
[10] He will return no more to his house,
neither will his place know him any more. [11] “Therefore I will not keep silent.
I will speak in the anguish of my spirit.
I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
[12] Am I a sea, or a sea monster,
that you put a guard over me?
[13] When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me.
My couch will ease my complaint,’
[14] then you scare me with dreams
and terrify me through visions,
[15] so that my soul chooses strangling,
death rather than my bones.
[16] I loathe my life.
I don’t want to live forever.
Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
[17] What is man, that you should magnify him,
that you should set your mind on him,
[18] that you should visit him every morning,
and test him every moment?
[19] How long will you not look away from me,
nor leave me alone until I swallow down my spittle?
[20] If I have sinned, what do I do to you, you watcher of men?
Why have you set me as a mark for you,
so that I am a burden to myself?
[21] Why do you not pardon my disobedience, and take away my iniquity?
For now will I lie down in the dust.
You will seek me diligently, but I will not be.”
Footnotes
- ⓘ 7:9 Sheol is the place of the dead.
King James Version
[1] Is there not an appointed time§ H6635 to man H582 upon earth? H776
Are not his days H3117 also like the days H3117 of an hireling? H7916
[2] As a servant H5650 earnestly desireth H7602 (QalImpf)§ the shadow, H6738
And as an hireling H7916 looketh H6960 (PielImpf) for the reward of his work: H6467
[3] So am I made to possess H5157 (HophPerf) months H3391 of vanity, H7723
And wearisome H5999 nights H3915 are appointed H4487 (PielPerf) to me.
[4] When I lie down, H7901 (QalPerf) I say, H559 (QalPerf)
When shall I arise, H6965 (QalImpf) and the night H6153 be gone? H4059§
And I am full H7646 (QalPerf) of tossings to and fro H5076 unto the dawning of the day. H5399
[5] My flesh H1320 is clothed H3847 (QalPerf) with worms H7415 and clods H1487 of dust; H6083
My skin H5785 is broken, H7280 (QalPerf) and become loathsome. H3988 (NiphImpf)
[6] My days H3117 are swifter H7043 (QalPerf) than a weaver’s shuttle, H708
And are spent H3615 (QalImpf) without H657 hope. H8615
[7] O remember H2142 (QalImpv) that my life H2416 is wind: H7307
Mine eye H5869 shall no more H7725 (QalImpf)§ see H7200 (QalInf) good. H2896ⓘ
[8] The eye H5869 of him that hath seen H7210 me shall see H7789 (QalImpf) me no more:
Thine eyes H5869 are upon me, and I am not.ⓘ
[9] As the cloud H6051 is consumed H3615 (QalPerf) and vanisheth away: H3212 (QalImpf)
So he that goeth down H3381 (QalActPtc) to the grave H7585 shall come up H5927 (QalImpf) no more.
[10] He shall return H7725 (QalImpf) no more to his house, H1004
Neither shall his place H4725 know H5234 (HiphImpf) him any more.
[11] Therefore I will not refrain H2820 (QalImpf) my mouth; H6310
I will speak H1696 (PielImpf) in the anguish H6862 of my spirit; H7307
I will complain H7878 (QalImpf) in the bitterness H4751 of my soul. H5315
[12] Am I a sea, H3220 or a whale, H8577
That thou settest H7760 (QalImpf) a watch H4929 over me?
[13] When I say, H559 (QalPerf) My bed H6210 shall comfort H5162 (PielImpf) me,
My couch H4904 shall ease H5375 (QalImpf) my complaint; H7879
[14] Then thou scarest H2865 (PielPerf) me with dreams, H2472
And terrifiest H1204 (PielImpf) me through visions: H2384
[15] So that my soul H5315 chooseth H977 (QalImpf) strangling, H4267
And death H4194 rather than my life. H6106
[16] I loathe H3988 (QalPerf) it; I would not live H2421 (QalImpf) alway: H5769
Let me alone; H2308 (QalImpv) for my days H3117 are vanity. H1892
[17] What is man, H582 that thou shouldest magnify H1431 (PielImpf) him?
And that thou shouldest set H7896 (QalImpf) thine heart H3820 upon him?
[18] And that thou shouldest visit H6485 (QalImpf) him every morning, H1242
And try H974 (QalImpf) him every moment? H7281
[19] How long H4100 wilt thou not depart H8159 (QalImpf) from me,
Nor let me alone H7503 (HiphImpf) till I swallow down H1104 (QalInf) my spittle? H7536
[20] I have sinned; H2398 (QalPerf) what shall I do H6466 (QalImpf) unto thee, O thou preserver H5341 (QalActPtc) of men? H120
Why hast thou set H7760 (QalPerf) me as a mark H4645 against thee,
So that I am a burden H4853 to myself?
[21] And why dost thou not pardon H5375 (QalImpf) my transgression, H6588
And take away H5674 (HiphImpf) mine iniquity? H5771
For now shall I sleep H7901 (QalImpf) in the dust; H6083
And thou shalt seek me in the morning, H7836 (PielPerf)
but I shall not be.
Are not his days H3117 also like the days H3117 of an hireling? H7916
[2] As a servant H5650 earnestly desireth H7602 (QalImpf)§ the shadow, H6738
And as an hireling H7916 looketh H6960 (PielImpf) for the reward of his work: H6467
[3] So am I made to possess H5157 (HophPerf) months H3391 of vanity, H7723
And wearisome H5999 nights H3915 are appointed H4487 (PielPerf) to me.
[4] When I lie down, H7901 (QalPerf) I say, H559 (QalPerf)
When shall I arise, H6965 (QalImpf) and the night H6153 be gone? H4059§
And I am full H7646 (QalPerf) of tossings to and fro H5076 unto the dawning of the day. H5399
[5] My flesh H1320 is clothed H3847 (QalPerf) with worms H7415 and clods H1487 of dust; H6083
My skin H5785 is broken, H7280 (QalPerf) and become loathsome. H3988 (NiphImpf)
[6] My days H3117 are swifter H7043 (QalPerf) than a weaver’s shuttle, H708
And are spent H3615 (QalImpf) without H657 hope. H8615
[7] O remember H2142 (QalImpv) that my life H2416 is wind: H7307
Mine eye H5869 shall no more H7725 (QalImpf)§ see H7200 (QalInf) good. H2896ⓘ
[8] The eye H5869 of him that hath seen H7210 me shall see H7789 (QalImpf) me no more:
Thine eyes H5869 are upon me, and I am not.ⓘ
[9] As the cloud H6051 is consumed H3615 (QalPerf) and vanisheth away: H3212 (QalImpf)
So he that goeth down H3381 (QalActPtc) to the grave H7585 shall come up H5927 (QalImpf) no more.
[10] He shall return H7725 (QalImpf) no more to his house, H1004
Neither shall his place H4725 know H5234 (HiphImpf) him any more.
[11] Therefore I will not refrain H2820 (QalImpf) my mouth; H6310
I will speak H1696 (PielImpf) in the anguish H6862 of my spirit; H7307
I will complain H7878 (QalImpf) in the bitterness H4751 of my soul. H5315
[12] Am I a sea, H3220 or a whale, H8577
That thou settest H7760 (QalImpf) a watch H4929 over me?
[13] When I say, H559 (QalPerf) My bed H6210 shall comfort H5162 (PielImpf) me,
My couch H4904 shall ease H5375 (QalImpf) my complaint; H7879
[14] Then thou scarest H2865 (PielPerf) me with dreams, H2472
And terrifiest H1204 (PielImpf) me through visions: H2384
[15] So that my soul H5315 chooseth H977 (QalImpf) strangling, H4267
And death H4194 rather than my life. H6106
[16] I loathe H3988 (QalPerf) it; I would not live H2421 (QalImpf) alway: H5769
Let me alone; H2308 (QalImpv) for my days H3117 are vanity. H1892
[17] What is man, H582 that thou shouldest magnify H1431 (PielImpf) him?
And that thou shouldest set H7896 (QalImpf) thine heart H3820 upon him?
[18] And that thou shouldest visit H6485 (QalImpf) him every morning, H1242
And try H974 (QalImpf) him every moment? H7281
[19] How long H4100 wilt thou not depart H8159 (QalImpf) from me,
Nor let me alone H7503 (HiphImpf) till I swallow down H1104 (QalInf) my spittle? H7536
[20] I have sinned; H2398 (QalPerf) what shall I do H6466 (QalImpf) unto thee, O thou preserver H5341 (QalActPtc) of men? H120
Why hast thou set H7760 (QalPerf) me as a mark H4645 against thee,
So that I am a burden H4853 to myself?
[21] And why dost thou not pardon H5375 (QalImpf) my transgression, H6588
And take away H5674 (HiphImpf) mine iniquity? H5771
For now shall I sleep H7901 (QalImpf) in the dust; H6083
And thou shalt seek me in the morning, H7836 (PielPerf)
but I shall not be.
Footnotes
- § 7:1 Or, a warfare
- § 7:2 Heb. gapeth after
- § 7:4 Heb. the evening be measured
- § 7:7a Heb. shall not return
- ⓘ 7:7b To see, that is, to enjoy
- ⓘ 7:8 That is, I can live no longer
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