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9-10 (A)Like a cloud that fades and is gone,
    we humans die and never return;
    we are forgotten by all who knew us.
11 No! I can't be quiet!
    I am angry and bitter.
    I have to speak.

12 Why do you keep me under guard?
    Do you think I am a sea monster?[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 7:12 A reference to ancient stories in which sea monsters had to be guarded so that they would not escape and do damage.

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