Job 7:11-21

English Standard Version

¹¹“Therefore I will not ^(A)restrain my mouth;
    I will speak in the anguish of my spirit;
    I will ^(B)complain in ^(C)the bitterness of my soul.
¹²Am I the sea, or ^(D)a sea monster,
    that you set a guard over me?
¹³^(E)When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me,
    my couch will ease my complaint,’
¹⁴then you scare me with dreams
    and terrify me with visions,
¹⁵so that I would choose strangling
    and death rather than my ^(F)bones.
¹⁶I ^(G)loathe my life; I would not live forever.
    ^(H)Leave me alone, for my days are ^(I)a breath.
¹⁷^(J)What is man, that you make so much of him,
    and that you set your heart on him,
¹⁸^(K)visit him every morning
    and ^(L)test him every moment?
¹⁹How long will you not ^(M)look away from me,
    nor leave me alone till I swallow my spit?
²⁰If I sin, what do I do to you, you watcher of mankind?
    Why have you made me ^(N)your mark?
    Why have I become a burden to you?
²¹Why do you not pardon my transgression
    and take away my iniquity?
For now I shall lie in ^(O)the earth;
    you will ^(P)seek me, ^(Q)but I shall not be.”