| 1 |
[Is there] not an appointed time 6635 to man 582 upon earth? 776 [are not] his days 3117 also like the days 3117 of an hireling? 7916 |
| 2 |
As a servant 5650 earnestly desireth 7602-4 the shadow, 6738 and as an hireling 7916 looketh 6960-17 for [the reward of] his work: 6467 |
| 3 |
So am I made to possess 5157-90 months 3391 of vanity, 7723 and wearisome 5999 nights 3915 are appointed 4487-14 to me. |
| 4 |
When I lie down, 7901-1 I say, 559-1 When shall I arise, 6965-4 and the night 6153 be gone? 4059 and I am full 7646-1 of tossings to and fro 5076 unto the dawning of the day. 5399 |
| 5 |
My flesh 1320 is clothed 3847-1 with worms 7415 and clods 1487 of dust; 6083 my skin 5785 is broken, 7280-1 and become loathsome. 3988-11 |
| 6 |
My days 3117 are swifter 7043-1 than a weaver's shuttle, 708 and are spent 3615-4 without 657 hope. 8615 |
| 7 |
O remember 2142-3 that my life 2416 [is] wind: 7307 mine eye 5869 shall no more 7725-4 see 7200-2 good. 2896 |
| 8 |
The eye 5869 of him that hath seen 7210 me shall see 7789-4 me no [more]: thine eyes 5869 [are] upon me, and I [am] not. |
| 9 |
[As] the cloud 6051 is consumed 3615-1 and vanisheth 3212-4 away: so he that goeth down 3381-6 to the grave 7585 shall come up 5927-4 no [more]. |
| 10 |
He shall return 7725-4 no more to his house, 1004 neither shall his place 4725 know 5234-55 him any more. |
| 11 |
Therefore I will not refrain 2820-4 my mouth; 6310 I will speak 1696-17 in the anguish 6862 of my spirit; 7307 I will complain 7878-4 in the bitterness 4751 of my soul. 5315 |
| 12 |
[Am] I a sea, 3220 or a whale, 8577 that thou settest 7760-4 a watch 4929 over me? |
| 13 |
When I say, 559-1 My bed 6210 shall comfort 5162-17 me, my couch 4904 shall ease 5375-4 my complaint; 7879 |
| 14 |
Then thou scarest 2865-14 me with dreams, 2472 and terrifiest 1204-17 me through visions: 2384 |
| 15 |
So that my soul 5315 chooseth 977-4 strangling, 4267 [and] death 4194 rather than my life. 6106 |
| 16 |
I loathe 3988-1 [it]; I would not live 2421-4 alway: 5769 let me alone; 2308-3 for my days 3117 [are] vanity. 1892 |
| 17 |
What [is] man, 582 that thou shouldest magnify 1431-17 him? and that thou shouldest set 7896-4 thine heart 3820 upon him? |
| 18 |
And [that] thou shouldest visit 6485-4 him every morning, 1242 [and] try 974-4 him every moment? 7281 |
| 19 |
How long 4100 wilt thou not depart 8159-4 from me, nor let me alone 7503-55 till I swallow down 1104-2 my spittle? 7536 |
| 20 |
I have sinned; 2398-1 what shall I do 6466-4 unto thee, O thou preserver 5341-6 of men? 120 why hast thou set 7760-1 me as a mark 4645 against thee, so that I am a burden 4853 to myself? |
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And why dost thou not pardon 5375-4 my transgression, 6588 and take away 5674-55 mine iniquity? 5771 for now shall I sleep 7901-4 in the dust; 6083 and thou shalt seek me in the morning, 7836-14 but I [shall] not [be]. |
