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  7:1 ¶
Is not the life of man upon earth a state of trial? and his existence as that of a hireling by the day? |
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7:1 ¶
[Is there] notº
an appointed timeº
to manº
uponº
earth?º
[are not] his daysº
also like the daysº
of an hireling?º |
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7:2
Or as a servant that fears his master, and one who has grasped a shadow? or as a hireling waiting for his pay? |
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7:2
As a servantº
earnestly desirethºº
the shadow,º
and as an hirelingº
lookethºº
forº
[the reward of] his work:º |
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7:3
So have I also endured months of vanity, and nights of pain have been appointed me. |
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7:3
Soº
am I made to possessºº
monthsº
of vanity,º
and wearisomeº
nightsº
are appointedºº
to me. |
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7:4
Whenever I lie down, I say, When [will it be] day? and whenever I rise up, again [I say] when [will it be] evening? and I am full of pains from evening to morning. |
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7:4
Whenº
I lie down,ºº
I say,ºº
Whenº
shall I arise,ºº
and the nightº
be gone?º
and I am fullºº
of tossings to and froº
untoº
the dawning of the day.º |
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7:5
And my body is covered with loathsome worms; and I waste away, scraping off clods of dust from my eruption. |
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7:5
My fleshº
is clothedºº
with wormsº
and clodsº
of dust;º
my skinº
is broken,ºº
and become loathsome.ºº |
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7:6
And my life is lighter than a word, and has perished in vain hope. |
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7:6
My daysº
are swifterºº
thanº
a weaver's shuttle,º
and are spentºº
withoutº
hope.º |
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7:7
Remember then that my life is breath, and mine eye shalt not yet again see good. |
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7:7
O rememberºº
thatº
my lifeº
[is] wind:º
mine eyeº
shall noº
moreºº
seeºº
good.º |
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7:8
The eye of him that sees me shall not see me [again]: thine eyes are upon me, and I am no more. |
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7:8
The eyeº
of him that hath seenº
me shall seeºº
me noº
[more]: thine eyesº
[are] upon me, and I [am] not.º |
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7:9
[I am] as a cloud that is cleared away from the sky: for if a man go down to the grave, he shall not come up again: |
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7:9
[As] the cloudº
is consumedºº
and vanisheth away:ººº
soº
he that goeth downºº
to the graveº
shall come upºº
noº
[more]. |
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7:10
and he shall surely not return to his own house, neither shall his place know him any more. |
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7:10
He shall returnºº
noº
moreº
to his house,º
neitherº
shall his placeº
knowºº
him any more.º |
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7:11
Then neither will I refrain my mouth: I will speak being in distress; being in anguish I will disclose the bitterness of my soul. |
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7:11
Thereforeº
Iº
will notº
refrainºº
my mouth;º
I will speakºº
in the anguishº
of my spirit;º
I will complainºº
in the bitternessº
of my soul.º |
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7:12
Am I a sea, or a serpent, that thou hast set a watch over me? |
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7:12
[Am] Iº
a sea,º
orº
a whale,º
thatº
thou settestºº
a watchº
overº
me? |
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7:13
I said that my bed should comfort me, and I would privately counsel with myself on my couch. |
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7:13
Whenº
I say,ºº
My bedº
shall comfortºº
me, my couchº
shall easeºº
my complaint;º |
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7:14
Thou scarest me with dreams, and dost terrify me with visions. |
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7:14
Then thou scarestºº
me with dreams,º
and terrifiestºº
me through visions:ºº |
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7:15
Thou wilt separate life from my spirit; and yet [keep] my bones from death. |
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7:15
So that my soulº
choosethºº
strangling,º
[and] deathº
rather than my life.ºº |
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7:16
For I shall not live for ever, that I should patiently endure: depart from me, for my life [is] vain. |
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7:16
I loatheºº
[it]; I would notº
liveºº
alway:º
let me alone;ººº
forº
my daysº
[are] vanity.º |
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7:17
For what is man, that thou hast magnified him? or that thou givest heed to him? |
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7:17
Whatº
[is] man,º
thatº
thou shouldest magnifyºº
him? and thatº
thou shouldest setºº
thine heartº
uponº
him? |
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7:18
Wilt thou visit him till the morning, and judge him till [the time of] rest? |
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7:18
And [that] thou shouldest visitºº
him every morning,º
[and] tryºº
him every moment?º |
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7:19
How long dost thou not let me alone, nor let me go, until I shall swallow down my spittle? |
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7:19
How longº
wilt thou notº
departºº
fromº
me, norº
let me aloneºº
tillº
I swallow downºº
my spittle?º |
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7:20
If I have sinned, what shall I be able to do, O thou that understandest the mind of men? why hast thou made me as thine accuser, and [why] am I a burden to thee? |
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7:20
I have sinned;ºº
whatº
shall I doºº
unto thee, O thou preserverºº
of men?º
whyº
hast thou setºº
me as a markº
against thee, so that I amº
a burdenº
toº
myself? |
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7:21
Why hast thou not forgotten my iniquity, and purged my sin? but now I shall depart to the earth; and in the morning I am no more. |
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7:21
And whyº
dost thou notº
pardonºº
my transgression,º
and take awayººº
mine iniquity?º
forº
nowº
shall I sleepºº
in the dust;º
and thou shalt seek me in the morning,ºº
but I [shall] notº
[be]. |
