Dual Panel1“Does not <03808> humanity <0582> have hard service <06635> on <05921> earth? Are not their days <03117> also like the days <03117> of a hired man <07916>?
2Like a servant <05650> longing <07602> for the evening shadow <06738>, and like a hired man <07916> looking <06960> for his wages <06467>,
3thus <03651> I have been made to inherit <05157> months <03391> of futility <07723>, and nights <03915> of sorrow <05999> have been appointed <04487> to me.
4If <0518> I lie down <07901>, I say <0559>, ‘When <04970> will I arise <06965>?’, and the night <06153> stretches <04059> on and I toss and turn restlessly <05076> <07646> until <05704> the day dawns <05399>.
5My body <01320> is clothed <03847> with worms <07415> and dirty <01487> scabs <06083>; my skin <05785> is broken <07280> and festering <03988>.
6My days <03117> are swifter <07043> than a weaver’s shuttle <0708> and they come <03615> to an end <0657> without hope <08615>.
7Remember <02142> that <03588> my life <02416> is but a breath <07307>, that my eyes <05869> will never <03808> again <07725> see <07200> happiness <02896>.
8The eye <05869> of him who sees <07210> me now will see <07789> me no <03808> more; your eyes <05869> will look for me, but I will be gone <0369>.
9As a cloud <06051> is dispersed <03615> and then disappears <01980>, so <03651> the one who goes down <03381> to the grave <07585> does not <03808> come up <05927> again.
10He returns <07725> no <03808> more <05750> to his house <01004>, nor <03808> does his place <04725> of residence know <05234> him any more <05750>.
11“Therefore <01571>, I <0589> will not <03808> refrain <02820> my mouth <06310>; I will speak <01696> in the anguish <06862> of my spirit <07307>; I will complain <07878> in the bitterness <04751> of my soul <05315>.
12Am I <0589> the sea <03220>, or <0518> the creature <08577> of the deep, that <03588> you must put <07760> me under <05921> guard <04929>?
13If <03588> I say <0559>, “My bed <06210> will comfort <05162> me, my couch <04904> will ease <05375> my complaint <07878>,”
14then you scare <02865> me with dreams <02472> and terrify <01204> me with visions <02384>,
15so that I <05315> would prefer <0977> strangling <04267>, and death <04194> more than life <06106>.
16I loathe <03988> it; I do not <03808> want to live <02421> forever <05769>; leave <02308> me alone, for <03588> my days <03117> are a vapor <01892>!
17“What <04100> is mankind <0582> that <03588> you make so much <01431> of them, and that <03588> you pay <07896> attention <03820> to <0413> them?
18And that you visit <06485> them every morning <01242>, and try <0974> them every moment <07281>?
19Will you never <03808> look away <08159> from <04480> me, will you not <03808> let <07503> me alone <07503> long enough <05704> to swallow <01104> my spittle <07536>?
20If I have sinned <02398>– what <04100> have I done <06466> to you, O watcher <05341> of men <0120>? Why <04100> have you set <07760> me as your target <04645>? Have I become <01961> a burden <04853> to <05921> you?
21And why <04100> do you not <03808> pardon <05375> my transgression <06588>, and take away <05674> my iniquity <05771>? For <03588> now <06258> I will lie down <07901> in the dust <06083>, and you will seek <07836> me diligently <07836>, but I will be gone <0369>.”