Dual Panel1[Is there] not an appointed time <06635> to man <0582> upon earth <0776>_? [are not] his days <03117> also like the days <03117> of an hireling <07916>_? {an appointed...: or, a warfare}
2As a servant <05650> earnestly desireth <07602> (8799) the shadow <06738>_, and as an hireling <07916> looketh <06960> (8762) for [the reward of] his work <06467>_: {earnestly...: Heb. gapeth after}
3So am I made to possess <05157> (8717) months <03391> of vanity <07723>_, and wearisome <05999> nights <03915> are appointed <04487> (8765) to me.
4When I lie down <07901> (8804)_, I say <0559> (8804)_, When shall I arise <06965> (8799)_, and the night <06153> be gone <04059>_? and I am full <07646> (8804) of tossings to and fro <05076> unto the dawning of the day <05399>_. {the night...: Heb. the evening be measured?}
5My flesh <01320> is clothed <03847> (8804) with worms <07415> and clods <01487> of dust <06083>_; my skin <05785> is broken <07280> (8804)_, and become loathsome <03988> (8735)_.
6My days <03117> are swifter <07043> (8804) than a weaver's shuttle <0708>_, and are spent <03615> (8799) without <0657> hope <08615>_.
7O remember <02142> (8798) that my life <02416> [is] wind <07307>_: mine eye <05869> shall no more <07725> (8799) see <07200> (8800) good <02896>_. {shall...: Heb. shall not return} {see: to see, that is, to enjoy}
8The eye <05869> of him that hath seen <07210> me shall see <07789> (8799) me no [more]: thine eyes <05869> [are] upon me, and I [am] not. {I am...: that is, I can live no longer}
9[As] the cloud <06051> is consumed <03615> (8804) and vanisheth away <03212> (8799)_: so he that goeth down <03381> (8802) to the grave <07585> shall come up <05927> (8799) no [more].
10He shall return <07725> (8799) no more to his house <01004>_, neither shall his place <04725> know <05234> (8686) him any more.
11Therefore I will not refrain <02820> (8799) my mouth <06310>_; I will speak <01696> (8762) in the anguish <06862> of my spirit <07307>_; I will complain <07878> (8799) in the bitterness <04751> of my soul <05315>_.
12[Am] I a sea <03220>_, or a whale <08577>_, that thou settest <07760> (8799) a watch <04929> over me?
13When I say <0559> (8804)_, My bed <06210> shall comfort <05162> (8762) me, my couch <04904> shall ease <05375> (8799) my complaint <07879>_;
14Then thou scarest <02865> (8765) me with dreams <02472>_, and terrifiest <01204> (8762) me through visions <02384>_:
15So that my soul <05315> chooseth <0977> (8799) strangling <04267>_, [and] death <04194> rather than my life <06106>_. {life: Heb. bones}
16I loathe <03988> (8804) [it]; I would not live <02421> (8799) alway <05769>_: let me alone <02308> (8798)_; for my days <03117> [are] vanity <01892>_.
17What [is] man <0582>_, that thou shouldest magnify <01431> (8762) him? and that thou shouldest set <07896> (8799) thine heart <03820> upon him?
18And [that] thou shouldest visit <06485> (8799) him every morning <01242>_, [and] try <0974> (8799) him every moment <07281>_?
19How long <04100> wilt thou not depart <08159> (8799) from me, nor let me alone <07503> (8686) till I swallow down <01104> (8800) my spittle <07536>_?
20I have sinned <02398> (8804)_; what shall I do <06466> (8799) unto thee, O thou preserver <05341> (8802) of men <0120>_? why hast thou set <07760> (8804) me as a mark <04645> against thee, so that I am a burden <04853> to myself?
21And why dost thou not pardon <05375> (8799) my transgression <06588>_, and take away <05674> (8686) mine iniquity <05771>_? for now shall I sleep <07901> (8799) in the dust <06083>_; and thou shalt seek me in the morning <07836> (8765)_, but I [shall] not [be].