12. Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that you put me under guard?
13. When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,
14. even then you frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions,
15. so that I prefer strangling and death, rather than this body of mine.
16. I despise my life; I would not live forever. Let me alone; my days have no meaning.
17. “What is mankind that you make so much of them, that you give them so much attention,
18. that you examine them every morning and test them every moment?
19. Will you never look away from me, or let me alone even for an instant?
20. If I have sinned, what have I done to you, you who see everything we do? Why have you made me your target? Have I become a burden to you?
21. Why do you not pardon my offenses and forgive my sins? For I will soon lie down in the dust; you will search for me, but I will be no more.”