Job Tells the 3 Men What His Life Is Like |
Job 7:1-21 Book of Job [in Smaller Chunks] |
Isn't there an appointed time [for] men upon the earth? Aren't his days also like the days of a [hired worker?] [Psalm 119:84 How many are the days of Your servant? When will You [carry out] judgment on [those who] persecute me?] |
[Like] a servant [longs for shade & a hired worker] looks for the reward, [a.k.a. wages] of his work. So, I am made to possess months of [worthless] vanity & [tiresome] nights are [arranged for] me. [Job 15:31 Let not him, [who] is deceived trust in vanity; for vanity shall be his [reward.] |
When I lie down, I say, When [will] the night be gone & I shall arise? I am full of tossing [back & forth until dawn.] My flesh is [covered] with worms & [caked dirt.] My skin is [cracked] & has [become disgusting.] |
My days [go by] swifter than a weaver's shuttle & are spent without hope. O remember that my life is [like the] wind. [My eyes] shall no [longer] see [what is] good. The [eyes of those who] have seen me, shall see me no [longer.] Your eyes are upon me & I [no longer exist.] |
[Like] the cloud [breaks up & goes away] & vanishes; so [is] he [who] goes down to the grave & shall [return] no more. He shall no [longer] return to his house, neither shall his place [recognize] him any more. Therefore, I won't [stop from speaking.] I will speak [with] the anguish of my spirit. |
I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. Am I [the] sea, or a whale, that You [sit] & watch over me? When I say, My bed shall comfort me & my couch shall ease my complaint, then You [scare] me with dreams & terrify me through visions: So that, my soul chooses strangling & death, rather than my life. |
I [detest] [my life,] I won't live [always, so] let me alone; for my days are vanity. What is man, that You should magnify him? And that You should set Your heart upon him? And that You should [punish] him every morning & [test] him every moment? |
How long will You not depart from me, nor [leave] me alone, until I swallow down my [drool?] I have sinned. O You, [Who saves] men, what shall I do [for] You? Why have You [made] me [Your target,] so that I'm a burden to myself? |
[Psalm 36:6 Your righteousness is like the [tall] mountains. Your judgments are deep [like the seas.] O Lord, You [save] man & [animals.] And why don't You [forgive] my transgression & take away my [sin?] For now, I shall sleep in [dirt] & You shall seek me in the morning, but I shall [no longer exist.] |