Job
Summary
Job Chapter 7 continues Job's lament as he addresses God directly, complaining of the brevity and misery of human life. He compares himself to a slave longing for shade or a hired hand waiting for his wages, yet receiving only "months of emptiness." Job describes his physical torment and his desire for death over a life of constant pain. He questions why God is so concerned with testing a mere mortal every moment, asking to be left alone "until I swallow my spit." The chapter ends on a note of deep bitterness, as Job wonders 왜 God has made him a target and refuses to forgive his supposed sins.
"Does not man have a hard service on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired labourer?"
"Like a slave longing for the evening shadows, or a hired hand waiting to be paid,"
"so I have been allotted months of emptiness, and weary nights have been assigned to me."
"When I lie down I think, 'How long before I get up?' The night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn."
"My body is clothed with worms and scabs, my skin is broken and festering."
"My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and they come to an end without hope."
"Remember, O God, that my life is but a breath; my eyes will never see happiness again."
"The eye that now sees me will see me no longer; you will look for me, but I will be gone."
"As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to the grave does not return."
"He will never come to his house again; his place will know him no more."
"Therefore I will not keep silent; I will speak out in the anguish of my spirit, I will complain in the bitterness of my soul."
"Am I the sea, or a monster of the deep, that you place a guard over me?"
"When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,"
"even then you frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions,"
"so that I prefer strangling and death, rather than this body of mine."
"I despise my life; I would not live for ever. Let me alone; my days have no meaning."
"What is man that you make so much of him, that you give him such attention,"
"that you examine him every morning and test him every moment?"
"Will you never look away from me, or leave me alone even for an instant?"
"If I have sinned, what have I done to you, you watcher of men? Why have you made me your target? Have I become a burden to you?"
"Why do you not pardon my offences and forgive my sins? For I will soon lie down in the dust; you will search for me, but I will be gone."