07:001

Is there not a time of service to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling

07:002

As a servant that eagerly longeth for the shadow, and as a hireling that looketh for his wages

07:003

So am I made to possess--months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me

07:004

When I lie down, I say: 'When shall I arise?' But the night is long, and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day

07:005

My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin closeth up and breaketh out afresh

07:006

My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope

07:007

O remember that my life is a breath; mine eye shall no more see good

07:008

The eye of him that seeth me shall behold me no more; while Thine eyes are upon me, I am gone

07:009

As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away, so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more

07:010

He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more

07:011

Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul

07:012

Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that Thou settest a watch over me

07:013

When I say: 'My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint'

07:014

Then Thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions

07:015

So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than these my bones

07:016

I loathe it; I shall not live alway; let me alone; for my days are vanity

07:017

What is man, that Thou shouldest magnify him, and that Thou shouldest set Thy heart upon him

07:018

And that Thou shouldest remember him every morning, and try him every moment

07:019

How long wilt Thou not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle

07:020

If I have sinned, what do I unto Thee, O Thou watcher of men? Why hast Thou set me as a mark for Thee, so that I am a burden to myself

07:021

And why dost Thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; and Thou wilt seek me, but I shall not be