Job 7:7-21

New International Version

⁷ Remember, O God, that my life is but a breath;^(A)
    my eyes will never see happiness again.^(B)
8 The eye that now sees me will see me no longer;
    you will look for me, but I will be no more.^(C)
9 As a cloud vanishes^(D) and is gone,
    so one who goes down to the grave^(E) does not return.^(F)
10 He will never come to his house again;
    his place^(G) will know him no more.^(H)

¹¹ “Therefore I will not keep silent;^(I)
    I will speak out in the anguish^(J) of my spirit,
    I will complain^(K) in the bitterness of my soul.^(L)
12 Am I the sea,^(M) or the monster of the deep,^(N)
    that you put me under guard?^(O)
13 When I think my bed will comfort me
    and my couch will ease my complaint,^(P)
14 even then you frighten me with dreams
    and terrify^(Q) me with visions,^(R)
15 so that I prefer strangling and death,^(S)
    rather than this body of mine.^(T)
16 I despise my life;^(U) I would not live forever.^(V)
    Let me alone;^(W) my days have no meaning.^(X)

¹⁷ “What is mankind that you make so much of them,
    that you give them so much attention,^(Y)
18 that you examine them every morning^(Z)
    and test them^(AA) every moment?^(AB)
19 Will you never look away from me,^(AC)
    or let me alone even for an instant?^(AD)
20 If I have sinned, what have I done to you,^(AE)
    you who see everything we do?
Why have you made me your target?^(AF)
    Have I become a burden to you?^[a](AG)
21 Why do you not pardon my offenses
    and forgive my sins?^(AH)
For I will soon lie down in the dust;^(AI)
    you will search for me, but I will be no more.”^(AJ)