11. Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit, I will complain in the bitterness of my soul [O Lord]!
12. Am I the sea, or the sea monster, that You set a watch over me?
13. When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint,
14. Then You scare me with dreams and terrify me through visions,
15. So that I would choose strangling and death rather than these my bones.
16. I loathe my life; I would not live forever. Let me alone, for my days are a breath (futility).
17. What is man that You should magnify him and think him important? And that You should set Your mind upon him? [Ps. 8:4.]
18. And that You should visit him every morning and try him every moment?
19. How long will Your [plaguing] glance not look away from me, nor You let me alone till I swallow my spittle?
20. If I have sinned, what [harm] have I done You, O You Watcher and Keeper of men? Why have You set me as a mark for You, so that I am a burden to myself [and You]?
21. And why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; and [even if] You will seek me diligently, [it will be too late, for] I shall not be.