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7:1  Human life is like forced army service, like a life of hard manual labor,
7:2  like a slave longing for cool shade; like a worker waiting to be paid.
7:3  Month after month I have nothing to live for; night after night brings me grief.
7:4  When I lie down to sleep, the hours drag; I toss all night and long for dawn.
7:5  My body is full of worms; it is covered with scabs; pus runs out of my sores.
7:6  My days pass by without hope, pass faster than a weaver's shuttle.
7:7  Remember, O God, my life is only a breath; my happiness has already ended.
7:8  You see me now, but never again. If you look for me, I'll be gone.
7:9  Like a cloud that fades and is gone, we humans die and never return; we are forgotten by all who knew us.
7:10  Like a cloud that fades and is gone, we humans die and never return; we are forgotten by all who knew us.
7:11  No! I can't be quiet! I am angry and bitter. I have to speak.
7:12  Why do you keep me under guard? Do you think I am a sea monster?
7:13  I lie down and try to rest; I look for relief from my pain.
7:14  But you—you terrify me with dreams; you send me visions and nightmares
7:15  until I would rather be strangled than live in this miserable body.
7:16  I give up; I am tired of living. Leave me alone. My life makes no sense.
7:17  Why are people so important to you? Why pay attention to what they do?
7:18  You inspect them every morning and test them every minute.
7:19  Won't you look away long enough for me to swallow my spit?
7:20  Are you harmed by my sin, you jailer? Why use me for your target practice? Am I so great a burden to you?
7:21  Can't you ever forgive my sin? Can't you pardon the wrong I do? Soon I will be in my grave, and I'll be gone when you look for me.