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Job 7 (CEV)

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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. 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? ¹³ I go to bed, hoping for rest, ¹⁴ but you torture me with terrible dreams.