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Job Continues: Life Seems Futile
Hath not man a life of labour upon earth? and are not his days like the days of a hireling?
Hath not man a life of labour upon earth? and are not his days like the days of a hireling?
“Is not all human life a struggle?
Our lives are like that of a hired hand,
Our lives are like that of a hired hand,
As a bondman earnestly desireth the shadow, and a hireling expecteth his wages,
like a worker who longs for the shade,
like a servant waiting to be paid.
like a servant waiting to be paid.
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
I, too, have been assigned months of futility,
long and weary nights of misery.
long and weary nights of misery.
If I lie down, I say, When shall I rise up, and the darkness be gone? and I am full of tossings until the dawn.
Lying in bed, I think, ‘When will it be morning?’
But the night drags on, and I toss till dawn.
But the night drags on, and I toss till dawn.
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and suppurates.
My body is covered with maggots and scabs.
My skin breaks open, oozing with pus.
Job Cries Out to God
My skin breaks open, oozing with pus.
Job Cries Out to God
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
“My days fly faster than a weaver’s shuttle.
They end without hope.
They end without hope.
Remember thou that my life is wind; mine eye shall no more see good.
O God, remember that my life is but a breath,
and I will never again feel happiness.
and I will never again feel happiness.
The eye of him that hath seen me shall behold me no [more]: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
You see me now, but not for long.
You will look for me, but I will be gone.
You will look for me, but I will be gone.
The cloud consumeth and vanisheth away; so he that goeth down to Sheol shall not come up.
He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him again.
They are gone forever from their home —
never to be seen again.
never to be seen again.
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.
“I cannot keep from speaking.
I must express my anguish.
My bitter soul must complain.
I must express my anguish.
My bitter soul must complain.
Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that thou settest a watch over me?
Am I a sea monster or a dragon
that you must place me under guard?
that you must place me under guard?
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
I think, ‘My bed will comfort me,
and sleep will ease my misery,’
and sleep will ease my misery,’
Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions;
but then you shatter me with dreams
and terrify me with visions.
and terrify me with visions.
So that my soul chooseth strangling, death, rather than my bones.
I would rather be strangled —
rather die than suffer like this.
rather die than suffer like this.
I loathe it; I shall not live always: let me alone, for my days are a breath.
I hate my life and don’t want to go on living.
Oh, leave me alone for my few remaining days.
Oh, leave me alone for my few remaining days.
What is man, that thou makest much of him? and that thou settest thy heart upon him?
“What are people, that you should make so much of us,
that you should think of us so often?
that you should think of us so often?
And that thou visitest him every morning, triest him every moment?
For you examine us every morning
and test us every moment.
and test us every moment.
How long wilt thou not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
Why won’t you leave me alone,
at least long enough for me to swallow!
at least long enough for me to swallow!
Have I sinned, what do I unto thee, thou Observer of men? Why hast thou set me as an object of assault for thee, so that I am become a burden to myself?
And why dost not thou forgive my transgression and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I lie down in the dust, and thou shalt seek me early, and I shall not be.
Why not just forgive my sin
and take away my guilt?
For soon I will lie down in the dust and die.
When you look for me, I will be gone.”
and take away my guilt?
For soon I will lie down in the dust and die.
When you look for me, I will be gone.”