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Job 7

Job’s Life Seems Futile

¹“Is a person not forced to labor on earth, And are his days not like the days of a hired worker?

²“As a slave pants for the shade, And as a hired worker who eagerly waits for his wages,

³So I am allotted worthless months, And nights of trouble are apportioned to me.

⁴“When I lie down, I say, ‘When shall I arise?’ But the night continues, And I am continually tossing until dawn.

⁵“My flesh is clothed with maggots and a crust of dirt, My skin hardens and oozes.

⁶“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, And they come to an end without hope.

⁷¶“Remember that my life is a mere breath; My eye will not see goodness again.

⁸“The eye of him who sees me will no longer look at me; Your eyes will be on me, but I will not exist.

⁹“When a cloud vanishes, it is gone; In the same way one who goes down to Sheol does not come up.

¹⁰“He will not return to his house again, Nor will his place know about him anymore.

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, or the sea monster, That You set a guard over me?

¹³“If I say, ‘My couch will comfort me, My bed will ease my complaint,’

¹⁴Then You frighten me with dreams, And terrify me by visions,

¹⁵So that my soul would choose suffocation, Death rather than my pains.

¹⁶“I waste away; I will not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are only a breath.

¹⁷“What is man that You exalt him, And that You are concerned about him,

¹⁸That You examine him every morning And put him to the test every moment?

¹⁹“Will You never turn Your gaze away from me, Nor leave me alone until I swallow my spittle?

²⁰“Have I sinned? What have I done to You, Watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, So that I am a burden to myself?

²¹“Why then do You not forgive my wrongdoing And take away my guilt? For now I will lie down in the dust; And You will search for me, but I will no longer exist.”

Job 7 (NASB)

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Job

Chapter 7

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