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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.”

Footnotes

  1. ⓘ 7:9 Sheol is the place of the dead.
King James Version
[1] Is there not an appointed time H6635§ to man H582 upon H5921 earth? H776
Are not his days H3117 also like the days H3117 of an hireling? H7916
[2] As a servant H5650 earnestly desireth H7602§ the shadow, H6738
And as an hireling H7916 looketh H6960 for the reward of his work: H6467
[3] So H3651 am I made to possess H5157 months H3391 of vanity, H7723
And wearisome H5999 nights H3915 are appointed H4487 to me.
[4] When I lie down, H7901 I say, H559
When shall I arise, H6965 and the night H6153 be gone? H4059§
And I am full H7646 of tossings to and fro H5076 unto H5704 the dawning of the day. H5399
[5] My flesh H1320 is clothed H3847 with worms H7415 and clods H1487 of dust; H6083
My skin H5785 is broken, H7280 and become loathsome. H3988
[6] My days H3117 are swifter H7043 than a weaver’s shuttle, H708
And are spent H3615 without H657 hope. H8615
[7] O remember H2142 that my life H2416 is wind: H7307
Mine eye H5869 shall no more H7725§ see H7200 good. H2896ⓘ
[8] The eye H5869 of him that hath seen H7210 me shall see H7789 me no more:
Thine eyes H5869 are upon me, and I am not.ⓘ
[9] As the cloud H6051 is consumed H3615 and vanisheth away: H3212
So H3651 he that goeth down H3381 to the grave H7585 shall come up H5927 no more.
[10] He shall return H7725 no more to his house, H1004
Neither shall his place H4725 know H5234 him any more.
[11] Therefore I will not refrain H2820 my mouth; H6310
I will speak H1696 in the anguish H6862 of my spirit; H7307
I will complain H7878 in the bitterness H4751 of my soul. H5315
[12] Am I a sea, H3220 or a whale, H8577
That thou settest H7760 a watch H4929 over me?
[13] When I say, H559 My bed H6210 shall comfort H5162 me,
My couch H4904 shall ease H5375 my complaint; H7879
[14] Then thou scarest H2865 me with dreams, H2472
And terrifiest H1204 me through visions: H2384
[15] So that my soul H5315 chooseth H977 strangling, H4267
And death H4194 rather than my life. H6106
[16] I loathe H3988 it; I would not live H2421 alway: H5769
Let me alone; H2308 for H3588 my days H3117 are vanity. H1892
[17] What is man, H582 that thou shouldest magnify H1431 him?
And that thou shouldest set H7896 thine heart H3820 upon him?
[18] And that thou shouldest visit H6485 him every morning, H1242
And try H974 him every moment? H7281
[19] How long H4100 wilt thou not depart H8159 from H4480 me,
Nor let me alone H7503 till H5704 I swallow down H1104 my spittle? H7536
[20] I have sinned; H2398 what H4100 shall I do H6466 unto thee, O thou preserver H5341 of men? H120
Why hast thou set H7760 me as a mark H4645 against H5921 thee,
So that I am a burden H4853 to myself?
[21] And why dost thou not pardon H5375 my transgression, H6588
And take away H5674 H853 mine iniquity? H5771
For H3588 now H6258 shall I sleep H7901 in the dust; H6083
And thou shalt seek me in the morning, H7836
but I shall not be.

Footnotes

  1. § 7:1 Or, a warfare
  2. § 7:2 Heb. gapeth after
  3. § 7:4 Heb. the evening be measured
  4. § 7:7a Heb. shall not return
  5. ⓘ 7:7b To see, that is, to enjoy
  6. ⓘ 7:8 That is, I can live no longer
Septuaginta
[1] Πότερον G4220 οὐχὶ G3780 πειρατήριόν ἐστιν G2076 ὁ G3588 βίος G979 ἀνθρώπου G444 ἐπὶ G1909 τῆς G3588 γῆς G1093 καὶ G2532 ὥσπερ G5618 μισθίου G3407 αὐθημερινοῦ ἡ G3588 ζωὴ G2222 αὐτοῦ; G846 [2] Ἢ G2228 ὥσπερ G5618 θεράπων G2324 δεδοικὼς τὸν G3588 κύριον G2962 αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 τετευχὼς G5177 σκιᾶς G4639 ἢ G2228 ὥσπερ G5618 μισθωτὸς G3411 ἀναμένων G362 τὸν G3588 μισθὸν G3408 αὐτοῦ. G846 [3] Οὕτως G3779 κἀγὼ G2504 ὑπέμεινα G5278 μῆνας G3376 κενούς, G2756 νύκτες G3571 δὲ G1161 ὀδυνῶν G3601 δεδομέναι G1325 μοί G3427 εἰσιν. G1526 [4] Ἐὰν G1437 κοιμηθῶ, G2837 λέγω G3004 Πότε G4219 ἡμέρα; G2250 Ὡς G5613 δ’ G1161 ἂν G302 ἀναστῶ, G450 πάλιν G3825 Πότε G4219 ἑσπέρα; G2073 Πλήρης G4134 δὲ G1161 γίνομαι G1096 ὀδυνῶν G3601 ἀπὸ G575 ἑσπέρας G2073 ἕως G2193 πρωί. G4404 [5] Φύρεται δέ G1161 μου G3450 τὸ G3588 σῶμα G4983 ἐν G1722 σαπρίᾳ σκωλήκων, G4663 τήκω G5080 δὲ G1161 βώλακας γῆς G1093 ἀπὸ G575 ἰχῶρος ξύων. [6] Ὁ G3588 δὲ G1161 βίος G979 μού G3450 ἐστιν G2076 ἐλαφρότερος G1645 λαλιᾶς, G2981 ἀπόλωλεν G622 δὲ G1161 ἐν G1722 κενῇ G2756 ἐλπίδι. G1680 [7] Μνήσθητι G3415 οὖν G3767 ὅτι G3754 πνεῦμά G4151 μου G3450 ἡ G3588 ζωὴ G2222 καὶ G2532 οὐκέτι G3765 ἐπανελεύσεται G1880 ὁ G3588 ὀφθαλμός G3788 μου G3450 ἰδεῖν G1492 ἀγαθόν. G18 [8] Οὐ G3756 περιβλέψεταί G4017 με G3165 ὀφθαλμὸς G3788 ὁρῶντός με· G3165 οἱ G3588 ὀφθαλμοί G3788 σου G4675 ἐν G1722 ἐμοί, G1698 καὶ G2532 οὐκέτι G3765 εἰμὶ G1510 [9] ὥσπερ G5618 νέφος G3509 ἀποκαθαρθὲν ἀπ’ G575 οὐρανοῦ. G3772 Ἐὰν G1437 γὰρ G1063 ἄνθρωπος G444 καταβῇ G2597 εἰς G1519 ᾅδην, G86 οὐκέτι G3765 μὴ G3361 ἀναβῇ G305 [10] οὐδ’ G3761 οὐ G3756 μὴ G3361 ἐπιστρέψῃ G1994 ἔτι G2089 εἰς G1519 τὸν G3588 ἴδιον G2398 οἶκον, G3624 οὐδὲ G3761 μὴ G3361 ἐπιγνῷ G1921 αὐτὸν G846 ἔτι G2089 ὁ G3588 τόπος G5117 αὐτοῦ. G846 [11] Ἀτὰρ οὖν G3767 οὐδὲ G3761 ἐγὼ G1473 φείσομαι G5339 τῷ G3588 στόματί G4750 μου, G3450 λαλήσω G2980 ἐν G1722 ἀνάγκῃ G318 ὤν, G5607 ἀνοίξω G455 πικρίαν G4088 ψυχῆς G5590 μου G3450 συνεχόμενος. G4912 [12] Πότερον G4220 θάλασσά G2281 εἰμι G1510 ἢ G2228 δράκων, G1404 ὅτι G3754 κατέταξας ἐπ’ G1909 ἐμὲ G1691 φυλακήν; G5438 [13] Εἶπα G2036 ὅτι G3754 Παρακαλέσει G3870 με G3165 ἡ G3588 κλίνη G2825 μου, G3450 ἀνοίσω G399 δὲ G1161 πρὸς G4314 ἐμαυτὸν G1683 ἰδίᾳ G2398 λόγον G3056 τῇ G3588 κοίτῃ G2845 μου· G3450 [14] ἐκφοβεῖς G1629 με G3165 ἐνυπνίοις G1798 καὶ G2532 ἐν G1722 ὁράμασίν G3705 με G3165 καταπλήσσεις. [15] Ἀπαλλάξεις G525 ἀπὸ G575 πνεύματός G4151 μου G3450 τὴν G3588 ψυχήν G5590 μου, G3450 ἀπὸ G575 δὲ G1161 θανάτου G2288 τὰ G3588 ὀστᾶ G3747 μου. G3450 [16] Οὐ G3756 γὰρ G1063 εἰς G1519 τὸν G3588 αἰῶνα G165 ζήσομαι, G2198 ἵνα G2443 μακροθυμήσω· G3114 ἀπόστα G868 ἀπ’ G575 ἐμοῦ, G1699 κενὸς G2756 γάρ G1063 μου G3450 ὁ G3588 βίος. G979 [17] Τί G5101 γάρ G1063 ἐστιν G2076 ἄνθρωπος, G444 ὅτι G3754 ἐμεγάλυνας G3170 αὐτὸν G846 ἢ G2228 ὅτι G3754 προσέχεις G4337 τὸν G3588 νοῦν G3563 εἰς G1519 αὐτὸν G846 [18] ἢ G2228 ἐπισκοπὴν G1984 αὐτοῦ G846 ποιήσῃ G4160 ἕως G2193 τὸ G3588 πρωῒ G4404 καὶ G2532 εἰς G1519 ἀνάπαυσιν G372 αὐτὸν G846 κρινεῖς; G2919 [19] Ἕως G2193 τίνος G5101 οὐκ G3756 ἐᾷς G1439 με G3165 οὐδὲ G3761 προίῃ με, G3165 ἕως G2193 ἂν G302 καταπίω G2666 τὸν G3588 πτύελόν μου G3450 ἐν G1722 ὀδύνῃ; G3601 [20] Εἰ G1487 ἐγὼ G1473 ἥμαρτον, G264 τί G5101 δύναμαί G1410 σοι G4671 πρᾶξαι, G4238 ὁ G3588 ἐπιστάμενος G1987 τὸν G3588 νοῦν G3563 τῶν G3588 ἀνθρώπων; G444 Διὰ G1223 τί G5101 ἔθου G5087 με G3165 κατεντευκτήν σου, G4675 εἰμὶ G1510 δὲ G1161 ἐπὶ G1909 σοὶ G4671 φορτίον; G5413 [21] Καὶ G2532 διὰ G1223 τί G5101 οὐκ G3756 ἐποιήσω G4160 τῆς G3588 ἀνομίας G458 μου G3450 λήθην G3024 καὶ G2532 καθαρισμὸν G2512 τῆς G3588 ἁμαρτίας G266 μου; G3450 Νυνὶ G3570 δὲ G1161 εἰς G1519 γῆν G1093 ἀπελεύσομαι, G565 ὀρθρίζων G3719 δὲ G1161 οὐκέτι G3765 εἰμί. G1510
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament