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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] not°
an appointed time°
to man°
upon°
earth?°
[are not] his days°
also like the days°
of an hireling?° |
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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 servant°
earnestly desireth°°
the shadow,°
and as an hireling°
looketh°°
for°
[the reward of] his work:° |
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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
So°
am I made to possess°°
months°
of vanity,°
and wearisome°
nights°
are appointed°°
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
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.° |
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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 flesh°
is clothed°°
with worms°
and clods°
of dust;°
my skin°
is broken,°°
and become loathsome.°° |
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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 days°
are swifter°°
than°
a weaver's shuttle,°
and are spent°°
without°
hope.° |
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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 remember°°
that°
my life°
[is] wind:°
mine eye°
shall no°
more°°
see°°
good.° |
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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 eye°
of him that hath seen°
me shall see°°
me no°
[more]: thine eyes°
[are] upon me, and I [am] not.° |
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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 cloud°
is consumed°°
and vanisheth away:°°°
so°
he that goeth down°°
to the grave°
shall come up°°
no°
[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 return°°
no°
more°
to his house,°
neither°
shall his place°
know°°
him any more.° |
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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
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.° |
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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] I°
a sea,°
or°
a whale,°
that°
thou settest°°
a watch°
over°
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
When°
I say,°°
My bed°
shall comfort°°
me, my couch°
shall ease°°
my complaint;° |
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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 scarest°°
me with dreams,°
and terrifiest°°
me through visions:°° |
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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 soul°
chooseth°°
strangling,°
[and] death°
rather than my life.°° |
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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 loathe°°
[it]; I would not°
live°°
alway:°
let me alone;°°°
for°
my days°
[are] vanity.° |
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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
What°
[is] man,°
that°
thou shouldest magnify°°
him? and that°
thou shouldest set°°
thine heart°
upon°
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 visit°°
him every morning,°
[and] try°°
him every moment?° |
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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 long°
wilt thou not°
depart°°
from°
me, nor°
let me alone°°
till°
I swallow down°°
my spittle?° |
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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;°°
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? |
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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 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]. |
