Is there not a warfare to man{H582} upon earth?{H776} And are not his days{H3117} like the days{H3117} of a hireling?{H7916}

As a servant{H5650} that earnestly desireth{H7602} the shadow,{H6738} And as a hireling{H7916} that looketh{H6960} for his wages:{H6467}

So am I made to possess{H5157} months{H3391} of misery,{H7723} And wearisome{H5999} nights{H3915} are appointed{H4487} to me.

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 the dawning of the day.{H5399}

My flesh{H1320} is clothed{H3847} with worms{H7415} and clods{H1487} of dust;{H6083} My skin{H5785} closeth up, and breaketh{H7280} out afresh.{H3988}

My days{H3117} are swifter{H7043} than a weaver's shuttle,{H708} And are spent{H3615} without{H657} hope.{H8615}

Oh remember{H2142} that my life{H2416} is a breath:{H7307} Mine eye{H5869} shall no more{H7725} see{H7200} good.{H2896}

The eye{H5869} of him that seeth{H7210} me shall behold{H7789} me no more; Thine eyes{H5869} shall be upon me, but I shall not be.

As the cloud{H6051} is consumed{H3615} and vanisheth away,{H3212} So he that goeth down{H3381} to Sheol{H7585} shall come up{H5927} no more.

He shall return{H7725} no more to his house,{H1004} Neither shall his place{H4725} know{H5234} him any more.

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}

Am I a sea,{H3220} or a sea-monster,{H8577} That thou settest{H7760} a watch{H4929} over me?

When I say,{H559} My bed{H6210} shall comfort{H5162} me, My couch{H4904} shall ease{H5375} my complaint;{H7879}

Then thou scarest{H2865} me with dreams,{H2472} And terrifiest{H1204} me through visions:{H2384}

So that my soul{H5315} chooseth{H977} strangling,{H4267} And death{H4194} rather than [these] my bones.{H6106}

I loathe{H3988} [my life]; I would not live{H2421} alway:{H5769} Let me alone;{H2308} for my days{H3117} are vanity.{H1892}

What is man,{H582} that thou shouldest magnify{H1431} him, And that thou shouldest set{H7896} thy mind{H3820} upon him,

And that thou shouldest visit{H6485} him every morning,{H1242} And try{H974} him every moment?{H7281}

How long{H4100} wilt thou not look away{H8159} from me, Nor let me alone{H7503} till I swallow down{H1104} my spittle?{H7536}

If I have sinned,{H2398} what I unto thee, O thou watcher{H5341} of men?{H120} Why hast thou set{H7760} me as a mark{H4645} for thee, So that I am a burden{H4853} to myself?

And why dost thou not pardon{H5375} my transgression,{H6588} and take away{H5674} mine iniquity?{H5771} For now shall I lie down{H7901} in the dust;{H6083} And thou wilt seek me diligently,{H7836} but I shall not be.