Is there not an appointed time{H6635} to man{H582} upon earth{H776}? are not his days{H3117} also like the days{H3117} of an hireling{H7916}?

As a servant{H5650} earnestly desireth{H7602}{(H8799)} the shadow{H6738}, and as an hireling{H7916} looketh{H6960}{(H8762)} for the reward of his work{H6467}:

So am I made to possess{H5157}{(H8717)} months{H3391} of vanity{H7723}, and wearisome{H5999} nights{H3915} are appointed{H4487}{(H8765)} to me.

When I lie down{H7901}{(H8804)}, I say{H559}{(H8804)}, When shall I arise{H6965}{(H8799)}, and the night{H6153} be gone{H4059}? and I am full{H7646}{(H8804)} of tossings to and fro{H5076} unto the dawning of the day{H5399}.

My flesh{H1320} is clothed{H3847}{(H8804)} with worms{H7415} and clods{H1487} of dust{H6083}; my skin{H5785} is broken{H7280}{(H8804)}, and become loathsome{H3988}{(H8735)}.

My days{H3117} are swifter{H7043}{(H8804)} than a weaver's shuttle{H708}, and are spent{H3615}{(H8799)} without{H657} hope{H8615}.

O remember{H2142}{(H8798)} that my life{H2416} is wind{H7307}: mine eye{H5869} shall no more{H7725}{(H8799)} see{H7200}{(H8800)} good{H2896}.

The eye{H5869} of him that hath seen{H7210} me shall see{H7789}{(H8799)} me no more: thine eyes{H5869} are upon me, and I am not.

As the cloud{H6051} is consumed{H3615}{(H8804)} and vanisheth away{H3212}{(H8799)}: so he that goeth down{H3381}{(H8802)} to the grave{H7585} shall come up{H5927}{(H8799)} no more.

He shall return{H7725}{(H8799)} no more to his house{H1004}, neither shall his place{H4725} know{H5234}{(H8686)} him any more.

Therefore I will not refrain{H2820}{(H8799)} my mouth{H6310}; I will speak{H1696}{(H8762)} in the anguish{H6862} of my spirit{H7307}; I will complain{H7878}{(H8799)} in the bitterness{H4751} of my soul{H5315}.

Am I a sea{H3220}, or a whale{H8577}, that thou settest{H7760}{(H8799)} a watch{H4929} over me?

When I say{H559}{(H8804)}, My bed{H6210} shall comfort{H5162}{(H8762)} me, my couch{H4904} shall ease{H5375}{(H8799)} my complaint{H7879};

Then thou scarest{H2865}{(H8765)} me with dreams{H2472}, and terrifiest{H1204}{(H8762)} me through visions{H2384}:

So that my soul{H5315} chooseth{H977}{(H8799)} strangling{H4267}, and death{H4194} rather than my life{H6106}.

I loathe{H3988}{(H8804)} it; I would not live{H2421}{(H8799)} alway{H5769}: let me alone{H2308}{(H8798)}; for my days{H3117} are vanity{H1892}.

What is man{H582}, that thou shouldest magnify{H1431}{(H8762)} him? and that thou shouldest set{H7896}{(H8799)} thine heart{H3820} upon him?

And that thou shouldest visit{H6485}{(H8799)} him every morning{H1242}, and try{H974}{(H8799)} him every moment{H7281}?

How long{H4100} wilt thou not depart{H8159}{(H8799)} from me, nor let me alone{H7503}{(H8686)} till I swallow down{H1104}{(H8800)} my spittle{H7536}?

I have sinned{H2398}{(H8804)}; what shall I do{H6466}{(H8799)} unto thee, O thou preserver{H5341}{(H8802)} of men{H120}? why hast thou set{H7760}{(H8804)} me as a mark{H4645} against thee, so that I am a burden{H4853} to myself?

And why dost thou not pardon{H5375}{(H8799)} my transgression{H6588}, and take away{H5674}{(H8686)} mine iniquity{H5771}? for now shall I sleep{H7901}{(H8799)} in the dust{H6083}; and thou shalt seek me in the morning{H7836}{(H8765)}, but I shall not be.