1Is there not an appointed time6635 to man582 upon earth776? are not his days3117 also like the days3117 of an hireling7916?
2As a servant5650 earnestly desireth7602 the shadow6738, and as an hireling7916 looketh6960 for the reward of his work6467:
3So am I made to possess5157 months3391 of vanity7723, and wearisome5999 nights3915 are appointed4487 to me.
4When I lie down7901, I say559, When shall I arise6965, and the night6153 be gone4059? and I am full7646 of tossings to and fro5076 unto the dawning of the day5399.
5My flesh1320 is clothed3847 with worms7415 and clods1487 of dust6083; my skin5785 is broken7280, and become loathsome3988.
6My days3117 are swifter7043 than a weaver's shuttle708, and are spent3615 without657 hope8615.
7O remember2142 that my life2416 is wind7307: mine eye5869 shall no more7725 see7200 good2896.
8The eye5869 of him that hath seen7210 me shall see7789 me no more: thine eyes5869 are upon me, and I am not.
9As the cloud6051 is consumed3615 and vanisheth away3212: so he that goeth down3381 to the grave7585 shall come up5927 no more.
10He shall return7725 no more to his house1004, neither shall his place4725 know5234 him any more.
11Therefore I will not refrain2820 my mouth6310; I will speak1696 in the anguish6862 of my spirit7307; I will complain7878 in the bitterness4751 of my soul5315.
12Am I a sea3220, or a whale8577, that thou settest7760 a watch4929 over me?
13When I say559, My bed6210 shall comfort5162 me, my couch4904 shall ease5375 my complaint7879;
14Then thou scarest2865 me with dreams2472, and terrifiest1204 me through visions2384:
15So that my soul5315 chooseth977 strangling4267, and death4194 rather than my life6106.
16I loathe3988 it; I would not live2421 alway5769: let me alone2308; for my days3117 are vanity1892.
17What is man582, that thou shouldest magnify1431 him? and that thou shouldest set7896 thine heart3820 upon him?
18And that thou shouldest visit6485 him every morning1242, and try974 him every moment7281?
19How long4100 wilt thou not depart8159 from me, nor let me alone7503 till I swallow down1104 my spittle7536?
20I have sinned2398; what shall I do6466 unto thee, O thou preserver5341 of men120? why hast thou set7760 me as a mark4645 against thee, so that I am a burden4853 to myself?
21And why dost thou not pardon5375 my transgression6588, and take away5674 mine iniquity5771? for now shall I sleep7901 in the dust6083; and thou shalt seek me in the morning7836, but I shall not be.