Job 7:11-21

Legacy Standard Bible

¹¹ “Indeed ^(A)I will not hold back my mouth;
I will speak in the distress of my spirit;
I will muse on the bitterness of my soul.
¹² Am I the sea or ^(B)the sea monster,
That You set a guard over me?
¹³ If I say, ‘^(C)My bed will comfort me;
My couch will ^[a]ease my bitter musing,’
¹⁴ Then You frighten me with dreams
And terrify me by visions,
¹⁵ So that my soul would choose suffocation,
Death rather than my ^[b]pains.
¹⁶ I have ^(D)rejected everything; I will not live forever.
Leave me alone, ^(E)for my days are but a breath.
^17 (F)What is man that You magnify him,
And that You set Your heart on him,
¹⁸ That ^(G)You ^[c]examine him every morning
And test him every moment?
^19 [d](H)Will You never turn Your gaze away from me,
Nor let me alone until I swallow my spit?
^20 (I)Have I sinned? What have I done to You,
O ^(J)watcher of men?
Why have You set me as Your target,
So that I am a burden to myself?
²¹ Why then ^(K)do You not forgive my transgression
And take away my iniquity?
For now I will ^(L)lie down in the dust;
And You will seek me earnestly, ^(M)but I will not be.”