Job 7:11-16

International Children’s Bible

¹¹ “So I will not stay quiet.
    I will speak out in the suffering of my spirit.
    I will complain because I am so unhappy.
¹² I am not the sea or the sea monster.
    So why have you set a guard over me?
¹³ Sometimes I think my bed will comfort me.
    Or I think my couch will stop my complaint.
¹⁴ Then you frighten me with dreams.
    You terrify me with visions.
¹⁵ My throat prefers to be choked.
    My bones welcome death.
¹⁶ I hate my life. I don’t want to live forever.
    Let me alone. My days have no meaning.