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7:1  “People have a hard task on earth, and their days are like those of a laborer.
7:2  They are like a slave wishing for the evening shadows, like a laborer waiting to be paid.
7:3  But I am given months that are empty, and nights of misery have been given to me.
7:4  When I lie down, I think, ‘How long until I get up?’ The night is long, and I toss until dawn.
7:5  My body is covered with worms and scabs, and my skin is broken and full of sores.
7:6  “My days go by faster than a weaver’s tool, and they come to an end without hope.
7:7  Remember, God, that my life is only a breath. My eyes will never see happy times again.
7:8  Those who see me now will see me no more; you will look for me, but I will be gone.
7:9  As a cloud disappears and is gone, people go to the grave and never return.
7:10  They will never come back to their houses again, and their places will not know them anymore.
7:11  “So I will not stay quiet; I will speak out in the suffering of my spirit. I will complain because I am so unhappy.
7:12  I am not the sea or the sea monster. So why have you set a guard over me?
7:13  Sometimes I think my bed will comfort me or that my couch will stop my complaint.
7:14  Then you frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions.
7:15  My throat prefers to be choked; my bones welcome death.
7:16  I hate my life; I don’t want to live forever. Leave me alone, because my days have no meaning.
7:17  “Why do you make people so important and give them so much attention?
7:18  You examine them every morning and test them every moment.
7:19  Will you never look away from me or leave me alone even long enough to swallow?
7:20  If I have sinned, what have I done to you, you watcher of humans? Why have you made me your target? Have I become a heavy load for you?
7:21  Why don’t you pardon my wrongs and forgive my sins? I will soon lie down in the dust of death. Then you will search for me, but I will be no more.”