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Wala bang kapanahunan ng kaguluhan ang tao sa ibabaw ng lupa? At hindi ba ang kaniyang mga kaarawan ay gaya ng mga kaarawan ng nagpapaupa?

Na gaya ng alipin na ninanasang mainam ang lilim, at gaya ng nagpapaupa na tumitingin sa kaniyang mga kaupahan:

Gayon ako pinapagdaan ng mga buwan na walang kabuluhan at mga gabing nakaiinip ang itinakda sa akin.

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

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

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

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“Do not mortals have hard service(A) on earth?(B)
    Are not their days like those of hired laborers?(C)
Like a slave longing for the evening shadows,(D)
    or a hired laborer waiting to be paid,(E)
so I have been allotted months of futility,
    and nights of misery have been assigned to me.(F)

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Job Continues: My Life Has No Hope

“Has not man (A)a hard service on earth,
    and are not his (B)days like the days of a hired hand?
Like a slave who longs for (C)the shadow,
    and like (D)a hired hand who looks for his (E)wages,
so I am allotted months of (F)emptiness,
    (G)and nights of misery are apportioned to me.

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