1
[Is
there]
not
an
appointed
time
to
man
upon
earth?
[are
not]
his
days
also
like
the
days
of
an
hireling?
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
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
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].