Job 7:11-21

New King James Version

¹¹ “Therefore I will ^(A)not restrain my mouth;
I will speak in the anguish of my spirit;
I will ^(B)complain in the bitterness of my soul.
¹² Am I a sea, or a sea serpent,
That You set a guard over me?
^13 (C)When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me,
My couch will ease my complaint,’
¹⁴ Then You scare me with dreams
And terrify me with visions,
¹⁵ So that my soul chooses strangling
And death rather than ^[a]my body.
^16 (D)I loathe my life;
I would not live forever.
^(E)Let me alone,
For ^(F)my days are but ^[b]a breath.

¹⁷ “What^(G) is man, that You should exalt him,
That You should set Your heart on him,
¹⁸ That You should ^[c]visit him every morning,
And test him every moment?
¹⁹ How long?
Will You not look away from me,
And let me alone till I swallow my saliva?
²⁰ Have I sinned?
What have I done to You, ^(H)O watcher of men?
Why ^(I)have You set me as Your target,
So that I am a burden ^[d]to myself?
²¹ Why then do You not pardon my transgression,
And take away my iniquity?
For now I will lie down in the dust,
And You will seek me diligently,
But I will no longer be.”