12. Am I the sea, or the creature of the deep,that you must put me under guard?
13. If I say, “My bed will comfort me,my couch will ease my complaint,”
14. then you scare me with dreamsand terrify me with visions,
15. so that I would prefer strangling,and death more than life.
16. I loathe it; I do not want to live forever;leave me alone, for my days are a vapor!
17. “What is mankind that you make so much of them,and that you pay attention to them?
18. And that you visit them every morning,and try them every moment?