1. Job continued, "Doesn't every man have to work hard on this earth? Aren't his days like the days of a hired worker?
2. I've been like a slave who longs for the evening shadows to come. I've been like a hired worker who can hardly wait to get paid.
3. I've been given several months that were useless to me. My nights have been filled with suffering.
4. When I lie down I think, 'How long will it be before I can get up?' The night drags on. I toss and turn until sunrise.
5. My body is covered with worms and sores. My skin is broken. It has boils all over it.
6. "My days pass by faster than a weaver can work. They come to an end. I don't have any hope.
7. God, remember that my life is only a breath. I'll never be happy again.
8. The eyes that see me now won't see me anymore. You will look for me. But I'll be gone.
9. When a cloud disappears, it's gone forever. And anyone who goes down to the grave never returns.
10. He never comes home again. Even his own family doesn't remember him.
11. "So I won't keep quiet. When I'm suffering greatly, I'll speak out. When my spirit is bitter, I'll tell you how unhappy I am.
12. Am I the ocean? Am I the sea monster? If I'm not, why do you guard me so closely?
13. Sometimes I think my bed will comfort me. I think my couch will keep me from being unhappy.
14. But even then you send me dreams that frighten me. You send me visions that terrify me.