{Is there} not an appointed time to man upon earth?… {Is there} not an appointed time to man upon earth? {are not} his days also like the days of an hireling? {an appointed..: or, a warfare} As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for {the reward of} his work: {earnestly…: Heb. gapeth after} So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me. 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. {the night…: Heb. the evening be measured?} My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome. My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope. O remember that my life {is} wind: mine eye shall no more see good. {shall…: Heb. shall not return} {see: to see, that is, to enjoy} The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no {more}: thine eyes {are} upon me, and I {am} not. {I am…: that is, I can live no longer} {As} the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no {more}. He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more. 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. {Am} I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me? When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint; Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions: So that my soul chooseth strangling, {and} death rather than my life. {life: Heb. bones} I loathe {it}; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days {are} vanity. What {is} man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him? And {that} thou shouldest visit him every morning, {and} try him every moment? How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle? 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?