In either way not a trial is the existence of man upon the earth, and as a hireling the daily his life?
or as an attendant in awe of his master, and attaining for shade; or as if a hireling awaiting his wage?
So I also waited months in vain; and nights of griefs were given to me are.
When I should go to bed, I say, When will it be the day? and as whenever I rise up, again I say, When will it be evening? full and I am of griefs, from evening unto morning.
is befouled and my body in rottenness of worms, and I melt away with clods of earth from pus scraping.
And my existence is lighter than speech, and has perished in vain hope.
Remember then that my breath is life; and no longer shall return back my eye to behold good.
shall not look round about the eye of the one seeing me; your eyes are on me, and I am not.
I am as a cloud being cleared away from heaven; for if a man should go down into Hades, no longer in any way should he ascend;
and neither in any way shall he return unto his own house, nor in any way shall recognize him any more his place.
Nevertheless then, nor will I spare my mouth; I will speak in distress being of my spirit; I will open the bitterness of my soul being held in.
Is it that I am a sea or a dragon, that you delegated over me a guard?
I said that shall comfort me my bed, and I shall offer to myself my own word in my bed.
You frighten me with dreams, and with visions you strike terror in me.
You will dismiss from my spirit my soul, from and death my bones.
not for into the eon I shall live, that I should patiently wait. Depart from me, empty for my livelihood!
For what is man that you magnified him? or that you heed the mind in him?
Or him a visit will you make until the morning; and for rest him you shall judge?
For how long do you not allow me, nor let me go, until whenever I should swallow down my spittle in grief?
If I sinned, how am I able against you to act out, O one having knowledge of the mind of men? Why did you establish me as your accuser, and I am unto you a load?
And why did you not appoint my lawlessness to forgetfulness, and a cleansing of my sin? But now into the earth I shall go forth, for rising early and no longer I am.