Good News Bible

Job 7:1-11 Good News Bible (GNB)

1. Human life is like forced army service,like a life of hard manual labour,

2. like slaves longing for cool shade;like workers waiting for their pay.

3. Month after month I have nothing to live for;night after night brings me grief.

4. When I lie down to sleep, the hours drag;I toss all night and long for dawn.

5. My body is full of worms;it is covered with scabs;pus runs out of my sores.

6. My days pass by without hope,pass faster than a weaver's shuttle.

7. Remember, O God, my life is only a breath;my happiness has already ended.

8. You see me now, but never again.If you look for me, I'll be gone.

9-10. Like a cloud that fades and is gone,people die and never return;they are forgotten by all who knew them.

11. No! I can't be quiet!I am angry and bitter.I have to speak.