Job Chapter 7 Webster's Bible

Job 7:1

Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of a hireling?

Job 7:2

As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as a hireling looketh for the reward of his work;

Job 7:3

So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.

Job 7:4

When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro to the dawning of the day.

Job 7:5

My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken and become lothsome.

Job 7:6

My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.

Job 7:7

O remember that my life is wind: my eye will no more see good.

Job 7:8

The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thy eyes are upon me, and I am not.

Job 7:9

As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.

Job 7:10

He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.

Job 7:11

Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

Job 7:12

Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?

Job 7:13

When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;

Job 7:14

Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:

Job 7:15

So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.

Job 7:16

I lothe it; I would not live always: let me alone; for my days are vanity.

Job 7:17

What is man, that thou shouldst magnify him? and that thou shouldst set thy heart upon him?

Job 7:18

And that thou shouldst visit him every morning, and try him every moment?

Job 7:19

How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow my spittle?

Job 7:20

I have sinned; what shall I do to thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?

Job 7:21

And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.