Job 7:17-21

Expanded Bible

¹⁷ “Why do you make people so important
    and ·give them so much attention [^Lset your heart on them; ^Ccontrast Ps. 8:4]?
¹⁸ You ·examine [visit] them every morning
    and test them ·every moment [all the time].
¹⁹ Will you never look away from me
    or leave me alone even long enough to swallow [^Lmy saliva]?
²⁰ If I have sinned, what have I done to you,
    you watcher of humans?
Why have you made me your target?
    Have I become a ·heavy load [burden] for you?
²¹ Why don’t you ·pardon [forgive] my ·wrongs [transgressions]
    and ·forgive my sins [carry away my guilt]?
I will soon lie down in the dust of death.
    Then you will ·search [look] for me, but I will be no more.”