Read the Bible

¹ Why is life so hard?
    Why do we suffer?
² We are slaves in search of shade;
we are laborers longing
    for our wages.
³ God has made my days drag on
    and my nights miserable.
⁴ I pray for night to end,
but it stretches out
    while I toss and turn.
⁵ My parched skin is covered
    with worms, dirt, and sores,
⁶ and my days are running out
quicker than the thread
    of a fast-moving needle.

⁷ I beg you, God, don't forget!
My life is just a breath,
    and trouble lies ahead.
⁸ I will vanish from sight,
and no one, including you,
    will ever see me again.
⁹ I will disappear in the grave
or vanish from sight
    like a passing cloud.
¹⁰ Never will I return home;
    soon I will be forgotten.

¹¹ And so, I cry out to you
    in agony and distress.
¹² Am I the sea or a sea monster?
    Is that why you imprison me?^[a]
13 I go to bed, hoping for rest,
¹⁴ but you torture me
    with terrible dreams.
¹⁵ I'd rather choke to death
    than live in this body.
¹⁶ Leave me alone and let me die;
    my life has no meaning.
¹⁷ What makes you so concerned
    about us humans?
¹⁸ Why do you test us
    from sunrise to sunset?
¹⁹ Won't you look away
just long enough
    for me to swallow?
²⁰ Why do you watch us so closely?
    What's it to you, if I sin?
Why am I your target
    and such a heavy burden?
²¹ Why do you refuse to forgive?
Soon you won't find me,
    because I'll be dead.