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7:1  Why is life so hard? Why do we suffer?
7:2  We are slaves in search of shade; we are laborers longing for our wages.
7:3  God has made my days drag on and my nights miserable.
7:4  I pray for night to end, but it stretches out while I toss and turn.
7:5  My parched skin is covered with worms, dirt, and sores,
7:6  and my days are running out quicker than the thread of a fast-moving needle.
7:7  I beg you, God, don't forget! My life is just a breath, and trouble lies ahead.
7:8  I will vanish from sight, and no one, including you, will ever see me again.
7:9  I will disappear in the grave or vanish from sight like a passing cloud.
7:10  Never will I return home; soon I will be forgotten.
7:11  And so, I cry out to you in agony and distress.
7:12  Am I the sea or a sea monster? Is that why you imprison me?
7:13  I go to bed, hoping for rest,
7:14  but you torture me with terrible dreams. *
7:15  I'd rather choke to death than live in this body.
7:16  Leave me alone and let me die; my life has no meaning.
7:17  What makes you so concerned about us humans?
7:18  Why do you test us from sunrise to sunset?
7:19  Won't you look away just long enough for me to swallow?
7:20  Why do you watch us so closely? What's it to you, if I sin? Why am I your target and such a heavy burden?
7:21  Why do you refuse to forgive? Soon you won't find me, because I'll be dead.