Job 7

Job 7:1 Isn’t every mortal destined for forced labor on the land? Aren’t his days like those of a hired worker?

Job 7:2 Like a slave, he longs for shade; like a hired worker, he waits for his pay.

Job 7:3 So I have been made to inherit months of futility, and troubled nights have been assigned to me.

Job 7:4 When I lie down, I think, “When will I get up?” But the evening drags on endlessly, and I toss and turn until dawn.

Job 7:5 My flesh is clothed with maggots and encrusted with dirt. My skin forms scabs and then oozes.

Job 7:6 My days pass more quickly than a weaver’s shuttle; they end without hope.

Job 7:7 Remember that my life is only a breath. My eye will never see anything good again.

Job 7:8 The eye of anyone who looks at me will no longer see me. Your eyes will search for me, but I will be gone.

Job 7:9 As a cloud fades away and vanishes, so the one who goes down to Sheol will never rise again.

Job 7:10 He will never return to his house; his hometown will no longer remember him.

Therefore, I will not hold back my mouth. I will speak in the anguish of my breath; I will complain in the bitterness of my throat.

Job 7:12 Am I the sea or a sea monster, that you keep me under watch?

Job 7:13 When I say, “My bed will comfort me, and my couch will ease my complaint,”

Job 7:14 then you frighten me with dreams, and terrify me with visions,

Job 7:15 so that my throat prefers strangling — death instead of my bones.

Job 7:16 I give up! I will not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are a breath.

Job 7:17 What is a mere mortal, that you think so highly of him and pay so much attention to him?

Job 7:18 You examine him every morning and test him constantly.

Job 7:19 Will you ever look away from me or leave me alone long enough to swallow my spit?

Job 7:20 If I have sinned, what have I done to you, people-watcher? Why have you made me your target, so I have become a burden to you?

Job 7:21 Why not forgive my sin and pardon my iniquity? Because soon I will lie down in the grave. You will eagerly seek me, but I will be gone.

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Jefferson Vann is pastor of Piney Grove Advent Christian Church in Delco, North Carolina. View all posts by Jefferson Vann