2 As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work
3 So am I made to possess months of vanity and wearisome nights are appointed to me
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 unto the dawning of the day
5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust my skin is broken and become loathsome
6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle and are spent without hope
7 O remember that my life is wind mine eye shall no more see good
8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more thine eyes are upon me and I am not
9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more
10 He shall return no more to his house neither shall his place know him any more
11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth I will speak in the anguish of my spirit I will complain in the bitterness of my soul
12 Am I a sea or a whale that thou settest a watch over me
13 When I say My bed shall comfort me my couch shall ease my complaint
14 Then thou scarest me with dreams and terrifiest me through visions
15 So that my soul chooseth strangling and death rather than my life
16 I loathe it I would not live alway let me alone for my days are vanity
17 What is man that thou shouldest magnify him and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him
18 And that thou shouldest visit him every morning and try him every moment
19 How long wilt thou not depart from me nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle
20 I have sinned what shall I do unto thee O thou preserver of men why hast thou set me as a mark against thee so that I am a burden to myself
21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression and take away mine iniquity for now shall I sleep in the dust and thou shalt seek me in the morning but I shall not be
