(GWT) Job 7 : 1 "Isn't a mortal's stay on earth difficult like a hired hand's daily [work]?
(GWT) Job 7 : 2 Like a slave, he longs for shade. Like a hired hand, he eagerly looks for his pay.
(GWT) Job 7 : 3 Likewise, I have been given months that are of no use, and I have inherited nights filled with misery.
(GWT) Job 7 : 4 When I lie down, I ask, 'When will I get up?' But the evening is long, and I'm exhausted from tossing about until dawn.
(GWT) Job 7 : 5 My body is covered with maggots and scabs. My skin is crusted over with sores; then they ooze.
(GWT) Job 7 : 6 My days go swifter than a weaver's shuttle. They are spent without hope.
(GWT) Job 7 : 7 Remember, my life is only a breath, and never again will my eyes see anything good.
(GWT) Job 7 : 8 The eye that watches over me will no longer see me. Your eye will look for me, but I'll be gone.
(GWT) Job 7 : 9 As a cloud fades away and disappears, so a person goes into the grave and doesn't come back again.
(GWT) Job 7 : 10 He doesn't come back home again, and his household doesn't recognize him anymore.
(GWT) Job 7 : 11 So I won't keep my mouth shut, but I will speak from the distress that is in my spirit and complain about the bitterness in my soul.
(GWT) Job 7 : 12 "Am I the sea or a sea monster that you have set a guard over me?
(GWT) Job 7 : 13 When I say, 'My couch may give me comfort. My bed may help me bear my pain,'
(GWT) Job 7 : 14 then you frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions.
(GWT) Job 7 : 15 My throat would rather be choked. My body would prefer death [to these dreams].
(GWT) Job 7 : 16 I hate my life; I do not want to live forever. Leave me alone because my days are so brief.
(GWT) Job 7 : 17 "What is a mortal that you should make so much of him, that you should be concerned about him?
(GWT) Job 7 : 18 [What is he] that you should inspect him every morning and examine him every moment?
(GWT) Job 7 : 19 Why don't you stop looking at me long enough to let me swallow my spit?
(GWT) Job 7 : 20 If I sin, what can I [possibly] do to you since you insist on spying on people? Why do you make me your target? I've become a burden even to myself.
(GWT) Job 7 : 21 Why don't you forgive my disobedience and take away my sin? Soon I'll lie down in the dust. Then you will search for me, but I'll be gone!"