1Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of a hireling?⇆ compare2As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as a hireling looketh for the reward of his work:⇆ compare3So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.⇆ compare4When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.⇆ compare5My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.⇆ compare6My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.⇆ compare7O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.⇆ compare8The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.⇆ compare9As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.⇆ compare10He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.⇆ compare11Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.⇆ compare12Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?⇆ compare13When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;⇆ compare14Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:⇆ compare15So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.⇆ compare16I loathe it; I would not live always: let me alone; for my days are vanity.⇆ compare17What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?⇆ compare18And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?⇆ compare19How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?⇆ compare20I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?⇆ compare21And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.⇆ compare