Dual PanelJob continuesWhy is life so hard?
1Why is life so hard? Why do we suffer?
2We are slaves in search of shade; we are labourers longing for our wages.
3God has made my days drag on and my nights miserable.
4I pray for night to end, but it stretches out while I toss and turn.
5My parched skin is covered with worms, dirt, and sores,
6and my days are running out quicker than the thread of a fast-moving needle.
Don't forget!
7 I beg you, God, don't forget! My life is just a breath, and trouble lies ahead.
8I will vanish from sight, and no one, including you, will ever see me again.
9I will disappear in the grave or vanish from sight like a passing cloud.
10Never will I return home; soon I will be forgotten.
11And so, I cry out to you in agony and distress.
12Am I the sea or a sea monster? Is that why you imprison me?
13I go to bed, hoping for rest,
14but you torture me with terrible dreams.
15I'd rather choke to death than live in this body. Leave me alone and let me die; my life has no meaning.
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17What makes you so concerned about us humans?
18Why do you test us from sunrise to sunset?
19Won't you look away just long enough for me to swallow?
20Why do you watch us so closely? What's it to you, if I sin? Why am I your target and such a heavy burden?
21Why do you refuse to forgive? Soon you won't find me, because I'll be dead.