The Book of Job 7

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1 Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth are not his days also like the days of an hireling ⚑

2 As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work ⚑

3 So am I made to possess months of vanity and wearisome nights are appointed to me ⚑

4 When I lie down I say When shall I arise and the night be gone and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day ⚑

5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust my skin is broken and become loathsome ⚑

6 My days are swifter than a eaver’s shuttle and are spent without hope ⚑

7 O remember that my life is wind mine eye shall no more see good ⚑

8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more thine eyes are upon me and I am not ⚑

9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more ⚑

10 He shall return no more to his house neither shall his place know him any more ⚑

11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth I will speak in the anguish of my spirit I will complain in the bitterness of my soul ⚑

12 Am I a sea or a whale that thou settest a watch over me ⚑

13 When I say My bed shall comfort me my couch shall ease my complaint ⚑

14 Then thou scarest me with dreams and terrifiest me through visions ⚑

15 So that my soul chooseth strangling and death rather than my life ⚑

16 I loathe it I would not live alway let me alone for my days are vanity ⚑

17 What is man that thou shouldest magnify him and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him ⚑

18 And that thou shouldest visit him every morning and try him every moment ⚑

19 How long wilt thou not depart from me nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle ⚑

20 I have sinned what shall I do unto thee O thou preserver of men why hast thou set me as a mark against thee so that I am a burden to myself ⚑

21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression and take away mine iniquity for now shall I sleep in the dust and thou shalt seek me in the morning but I shall not be ⚑

King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha · Crosswire Bible Society / eBible.org (standard text of 1769) · Public Domain

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · public domain