¹ Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling? Cross refs

² As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work: Cross refs

³ So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me. Cross refs

⁴ When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day. Cross refs

⁵ My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome. Cross refs

⁶ My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope. Cross refs

⁷ O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good. Cross refs

⁸ The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not. Cross refs

⁹ As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. Cross refs

¹⁰ He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more. Cross refs

¹¹ Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. Cross refs

¹² Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me? Cross refs

¹³ When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint; Cross refs

¹⁴ Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions: Cross refs

¹⁵ So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life. Cross refs

¹⁶ I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity. Cross refs

¹⁷ What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him? Cross refs

¹⁸ And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment? Cross refs

¹⁹ How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle? Cross refs

²⁰ I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself? Cross refs

²¹ And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be. Cross refs