7 “Do not mortals have hard service^(A) on earth?^(B)
    Are not their days like those of hired laborers?^(C)
2 Like a slave longing for the evening shadows,^(D)
    or a hired laborer waiting to be paid,^(E)
3 so I have been allotted months of futility,
    and nights of misery have been assigned to me.^(F)
4 When I lie down I think, ‘How long before I get up?’^(G)
    The night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.^(H)

⁶ “My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,^(A)
    and they come to an end without hope.^(B)
7 Remember, O God, that my life is but a breath;^(C)
    my eyes will never see happiness again.^(D)