1. “Does not humanity have hard service on earth?Are not their days also like the days of a hired man?
2. Like a servant longing for the evening shadow,and like a hired man looking for his wages,
3. thus I have been made to inherit months of futility,and nights of sorrow have been appointed to me.
4. If I lie down, I say, ‘When will I arise?’,and the night stretches onand I toss and turn restlesslyuntil the day dawns.
5. My body is clothed with worms and dirty scabs;my skin is broken and festering.