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Job Continues: My Life Has No Hope
“Has not man a hard service on earth,
and are not his days like the days of a hired hand?
“Has not man a hard service on earth,
and are not his days like the days of a hired hand?
“Do not mortals have hard service on earth?
Are not their days like those of hired laborers?
Are not their days like those of hired laborers?
Like a slave who longs for the shadow,
and like a hired hand who looks for his wages,
and like a hired hand who looks for his wages,
Like a slave longing for the evening shadows,
or a hired laborer waiting to be paid,
or a hired laborer waiting to be paid,
so I am allotted months of emptiness,
and nights of misery are apportioned to me.
and nights of misery are apportioned to me.
so I have been allotted months of futility,
and nights of misery have been assigned to me.
and nights of misery have been assigned to me.
When I lie down I say, ‘When shall I arise?’
But the night is long,
and I am full of tossing till the dawn.
But the night is long,
and I am full of tossing till the dawn.
When I lie down I think, ‘How long before I get up?’
The night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.
The night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.
My flesh is clothed with worms and dirt;
my skin hardens, then breaks out afresh.
my skin hardens, then breaks out afresh.
My body is clothed with worms and scabs,
my skin is broken and festering.
my skin is broken and festering.
My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle
and come to their end without hope.
and come to their end without hope.
“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,
and they come to an end without hope.
and they come to an end without hope.
“Remember that my life is a breath;
my eye will never again see good.
my eye will never again see good.
Remember, O God, that my life is but a breath;
my eyes will never see happiness again.
my eyes will never see happiness again.
The eye of him who sees me will behold me no more;
while your eyes are on me, I shall be gone.
while your eyes are on me, I shall be gone.
The eye that now sees me will see me no longer;
you will look for me, but I will be no more.
you will look for me, but I will be no more.
As the cloud fades and vanishes,
so he who goes down to Sheol does not come up;
so he who goes down to Sheol does not come up;
As a cloud vanishes and is gone,
so one who goes down to the grave does not return.
so one who goes down to the grave does not return.
he returns no more to his house,
nor does his place know him anymore.
nor does his place know him anymore.
He will never come to his house again;
his place will know him no more.
his place will know him no more.
“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 will speak in the anguish of my spirit;
I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
“Therefore I will not keep silent;
I will speak out in the anguish of my spirit,
I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
I will speak out in the anguish of my spirit,
I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Am I the sea, or a sea monster,
that you set a guard over me?
that you set a guard over me?
Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep,
that you put me under guard?
that you put me under guard?
When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me,
my couch will ease my complaint,’
my couch will ease my complaint,’
When I think my bed will comfort me
and my couch will ease my complaint,
and my couch will ease my complaint,
then you scare me with dreams
and terrify me with visions,
and terrify me with visions,
even then you frighten me with dreams
and terrify me with visions,
and terrify me with visions,
so that I would choose strangling
and death rather than my bones.
and death rather than my bones.
so that I prefer strangling and death,
rather than this body of mine.
rather than this body of mine.
I loathe my life; I would not live forever.
Leave me alone, for my days are a breath.
Leave me alone, for my days are a breath.
I despise my life; I would not live forever.
Let me alone; my days have no meaning.
Let me alone; my days have no meaning.
What is man, that you make so much of him,
and that you set your heart on him,
and that you set your heart on him,
“What is mankind that you make so much of them,
that you give them so much attention,
that you give them so much attention,
visit him every morning
and test him every moment?
and test him every moment?
that you examine them every morning
and test them every moment?
and test them every moment?
How long will you not look away from me,
nor leave me alone till I swallow my spit?
nor leave me alone till I swallow my spit?
Will you never look away from me,
or let me alone even for an instant?
or let me alone even for an instant?
If I sin, what do I do to you, you watcher of mankind?
Why have you made me your mark?
Why have I become a burden to you?
Why have you made me your mark?
Why have I become a burden to you?