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