| 1. Is not man on earth for a limited time, and are his days [not] like the days of a hireling? |
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א. |
| 2. As a slave, who longs for the shadow, and as a hireling who hopes for his wages, |
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ב. |
| 3. so was I made to possess months of futility, and they appointed wearisome nights for me. |
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ג. |
| 4. If I would lie down, I would say, 'When shall I arise, and [when will] the evening depart?' And I was sated with restlessness until twilight. |
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ד. |
| 5. My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of earth; my skin wrinkled and melted. |
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ה. |
| 6. My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle and are spent without hope. |
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ו. |
| 7. Remember that my life is wind; my eye will not return to see good. |
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ז. |
| 8. The eye of him who sees me shall see me no more; set Your eyes upon me and I will be here no longer. |
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ח. |
| 9. Just as a cloud is consumed and goes away, so will one who descends to the grave not ascend. |
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ט. |
| 10. He shall never again return to his house, neither shall his place recognize him again. |
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י. |
| 11. Neither will I restrain my mouth; I will speak with the anguish of my spirit, I will complain with the bitterness of my soul. |
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יא. |
| 12. Am I a sea or a sea monster, that You place a watch over me? |
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יב. |
| 13. Should I say that my bed shall comfort me, that my couch shall bear my speech |
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יג. |
| 14. You terrify me with dreams, and You frighten me with visions, |
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יד. |
| 15. so that my soul chooses strangling; death rather than these my bones. |
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טו. |
| 16. I despised [my life]; I will not live forever; desist from me for my life is futility. |
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טז. |
| 17. What is man that You should give him importance, or that You should pay attention to him? |
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יז. |
| 18. That you should visit him every morning and try him every moment. |
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יח. |
| 19. How long will You not desist from me, will You not let me go until I swallow my spit? |
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יט. |
| 20. I have sinned; what do I do to You? O watcher of man, why have You made me as a mark for You, so that I have become a burden to myself? |
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כ. |
| 21. Now why do You not forgive my transgression and remove my iniquity, for now I will lie on the dust; and You shall seek me but I am not here. |
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כא. |
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