Job 7:11-16

New International Reader's Version

¹¹ “So I won’t keep quiet.
    When I’m suffering greatly, I’ll speak out.
    When my spirit is bitter, I’ll tell you how unhappy I am.
¹² Am I the ocean? Am I the sea monster?
    If I’m not, why do you guard me so closely?
¹³ Sometimes I think my bed will comfort me.
    I think my couch will keep me from being unhappy.
¹⁴ But even then you send me dreams that frighten me.
    You send me visions that terrify me.
¹⁵ So I would rather choke to death.
    That would be better than living in this body of mine.
¹⁶ I hate my life. I don’t want to live forever.
    Leave me alone. My days don’t mean anything to me.