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7:1  “Is not man conscripted to labor on earth, And are not his days like the days of a hired man?
7:2  As a slave who pants for the shade, And as a hired man who eagerly hopes for his wages,
7:3  So am I apportioned months of worthlessness, And nights of trouble are appointed me.
7:4  If I lie down I say, ‘When shall I arise?’ But the twilight continues, And I am saturated with tossing until dawn.
7:5  My flesh is clothed with worms and a crust of dirt; My skin scabs over and flows out again.
7:6  My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, And come to an end without hope.
7:7  “Remember that my life is but wind; My eye will not again see good.
7:8  The eye of him who sees me will behold me no longer; Your eyes will be on me, but I will not be.
7:9  A cloud vanishes, and it is gone, So he who goes down to Sheol does not come up.
7:10  He will not return again to his house, Nor will his place recognize him anymore.
7:11  “Indeed I will not hold back my mouth; I will speak in the distress of my spirit; I will muse on the bitterness of my soul.
7:12  Am I the sea or the sea monster, That You set a guard over me?
7:13  If I say, ‘My bed will comfort me; My couch will ease my bitter musing,’
7:14  Then You frighten me with dreams And terrify me by visions,
7:15  So that my soul would choose suffocation, Death rather than my pains.
7:16  I have rejected everything; I will not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
7:17  What is man that You magnify him, And that You set Your heart on him,
7:18  That You examine him every morning And test him every moment?
7:19  Will You never turn Your gaze away from me, Nor let me alone until I swallow my spit?
7:20  Have I sinned? What have I done to You, O watcher of men? Why have You set me as Your target, So that I am a burden to myself?
7:21  Why then do You not forgive my transgression And take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust; And You will seek me earnestly, but I will not be.”