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¹ "People have a hard task on earth,
    and their days are like those of a laborer.
² They are like a slave wishing for the evening shadows,
    like a laborer waiting to be paid.
³ But I am given months that are empty,
    and nights of misery have been given to me.
⁴ When I lie down, I think, ‘How long until I get up?'
    The night is long, and I toss until dawn.
⁵ My body is covered with worms and scabs,
    and my skin is broken and full of sores.

⁶ "My days go by faster than a weaver's tool,
    and they come to an end without hope.
⁷ Remember, God, that my life is only a breath.
    My eyes will never see happy times again.
⁸ Those who see me now will see me no more;
    you will look for me, but I will be gone.
⁹ As a cloud disappears and is gone,
    people go to the grave and never return.
¹⁰ They will never come back to their houses again,
    and their places will not know them anymore.

¹¹ "So I will not stay quiet;
    I will speak out in the suffering of my spirit.
    I will complain because I am so unhappy.
¹² I am not the sea or the sea monster.
    So why have you set a guard over me?
¹³ Sometimes I think my bed will comfort me
    or that my couch will stop my complaint.
¹⁴ Then you frighten me with dreams
    and terrify me with visions.
¹⁵ My throat prefers to be choked;
    my bones welcome death.
¹⁶ I hate my life; I don't want to live forever.
    Leave me alone, because my days have no meaning.

¹⁷ "Why do you make people so important
    and give them so much attention?
¹⁸ You examine them every morning
    and test them every moment.
¹⁹ Will you never look away from me
    or leave me alone even long enough to swallow?
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 for you?
²¹ Why don't you pardon my wrongs
    and forgive my sins?
I will soon lie down in the dust of death.
    Then you will search for me, but I will be no more."