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Job 7

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¹ Isn’t each person consigned to forced labor ⓝ on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired worker?

² Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hired worker he waits for his pay.

³ So I have been made to inherit months of futility, and troubled nights have been assigned to me. ⓐ

⁴ When I lie down I think, “When will I get up?” But the evening drags on endlessly, and I toss and turn until dawn.

⁵ My flesh is clothed with maggots and encrusted with dirt. [1] My skin forms scabs [2] and then oozes. ⓑ

⁶ My days pass more swiftly than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope. ⓒ

⁷ Remember that my life is but a breath. My eye will never again see anything good. ⓓ

⁸ The eye of anyone who looks on me will no longer see me. Your eyes will look for me, but I will be gone. ⓔ

⁹ As a cloud fades away and vanishes, so the one who goes down to Sheol ⓕ will never rise again.

¹⁰ He will never return to his house; his hometown will no longer remember [3] him. ⓖ

¹¹ 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.

¹² Am I the sea [4] ⓗ or a sea monster, ⓘ that you keep me under guard?

¹³ When I say, “My bed will comfort me, and my couch will ease my complaint,”

¹⁴ then you frighten me with dreams, and terrify me with visions, ⓙ

¹⁵ so that I prefer strangling [5] — death rather than life in this body. [6] ⓚ

¹⁶ I give up! I will not live forever. Leave me alone, ⓛ for my days are a breath. [7]

¹⁷ What is a mere human, that you think so highly of him and pay so much attention to him? ⓜ

¹⁸ You inspect him every morning, and put him to the test every moment. ⓝ

¹⁹ Will you ever look away from me, or leave me alone long enough to swallow? [8]

²⁰ If I have sinned, what have I done to you, Watcher of humanity? Why have you made me your target, ⓐ so that I have become a burden to you? [9]

²¹ Why not forgive my sin and pardon my iniquity? ⓑ For soon I will lie down in the grave. ⓒ You will eagerly seek me, but I will be gone. ⓓ

#	CSB
1	Isn’t each person consigned to forced labor ⓝ on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired worker?
2	Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hired worker he waits for his pay.
3	So I have been made to inherit months of futility, and troubled nights have been assigned to me. ⓐ
4	When I lie down I think, “When will I get up?” But the evening drags on endlessly, and I toss and turn until dawn.
5	My flesh is clothed with maggots and encrusted with dirt. [1] My skin forms scabs [2] and then oozes. ⓑ
6	My days pass more swiftly than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope. ⓒ
7	Remember that my life is but a breath. My eye will never again see anything good. ⓓ
8	The eye of anyone who looks on me will no longer see me. Your eyes will look for me, but I will be gone. ⓔ
9	As a cloud fades away and vanishes, so the one who goes down to Sheol ⓕ will never rise again.
10	He will never return to his house; his hometown will no longer remember [3] him. ⓖ
11	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.
12	Am I the sea [4] ⓗ or a sea monster, ⓘ that you keep me under guard?
13	When I say, “My bed will comfort me, and my couch will ease my complaint,”
14	then you frighten me with dreams, and terrify me with visions, ⓙ
15	so that I prefer strangling [5] — death rather than life in this body. [6] ⓚ
16	I give up! I will not live forever. Leave me alone, ⓛ for my days are a breath. [7]
17	What is a mere human, that you think so highly of him and pay so much attention to him? ⓜ
18	You inspect him every morning, and put him to the test every moment. ⓝ
19	Will you ever look away from me, or leave me alone long enough to swallow? [8]
20	If I have sinned, what have I done to you, Watcher of humanity? Why have you made me your target, ⓐ so that I have become a burden to you? [9]
21	Why not forgive my sin and pardon my iniquity? ⓑ For soon I will lie down in the grave. ⓒ You will eagerly seek me, but I will be gone. ⓓ

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