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¹ "^(F1)Is not man ^(C1)conscripted to labor on earth,
And are not his days like the days of ^(C2)a hired man?

² "As a slave who pants for the shade,
And as a hired man who eagerly hopes for his wages,

³ So am I apportioned months of worthlessness,
And ^(C1)nights of trouble are appointed me.

⁴ "If I ^(C1)lie down I say,
'When shall I arise?'
But the twilight continues,
And I am saturated with tossing until dawn.

⁵ "My ^(C1)flesh is clothed with worms and a crust of dirt;
My skin scabs over and flows out again.

⁶ "My days are ^(C1)swifter than a weaver's shuttle,
And come to an end ^(C2)without hope.

⁷ "Remember that my life ^(C1)is but wind;
My eye will ^(C2)not again see good.

⁸ "The ^(C1)eye of him who sees me will behold me no longer;
Your eyes will be on me, but ^(C2)I will not be.

⁹ "A ^(C1)cloud vanishes, and it is gone,
So ^(C2)he who goes down to ^(C3)Sheol does not come up.

¹⁰ "He will not return again to his house,
Nor will ^(C1)his place recognize him anymore.

¹¹ "Indeed ^(C1)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 ^(C1)the sea monster,
That You set a guard over me?

¹³ "If I say, '^(C1)My bed will comfort me;
My couch will ^(F1)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 ^(F1)pains.

¹⁶ "I have ^(C1)rejected everything; I will not live forever.
Leave me alone, ^(C2)for my days are but a breath.

¹⁷ "^(C1)What is man that You magnify him,
And that You set Your heart on him,

¹⁸ That ^(C1)You ^(F1)examine him every morning
And test him every moment?

¹⁹ "^(F1)(C1)Will You never turn Your gaze away from me,
Nor let me alone until I swallow my spit?

²⁰ "^(C1)Have I sinned? What have I done to You,
O ^(C2)watcher of men?
Why have You set me as Your target,
So that I am a burden to myself?

²¹ "Why then ^(C1)do You not forgive my transgression
And take away my iniquity?
For now I will ^(C2)lie down in the dust;
And You will seek me earnestly, ^(C3)but I will not be."