Job 7:11-21 - Heartlight

¹¹Therefore I will not restrain my mouth;

I will speak in the anguish of my spirit;

I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

¹²Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep,

that You must keep me under guard?

¹³When I think my bed will comfort me

and my couch will ease my complaint,

¹⁴then You frighten me with dreams

and terrify me with visions,

¹⁵so that I would prefer strangling and death

over my life in this body.

¹⁶I loathe my life! I would not live forever.

Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.

¹⁷What is man that You should exalt him,

that You should set Your heart upon him,

¹⁸that You attend to him every morning,

and test him every moment?

¹⁹Will You never look away from me,

or leave me alone to swallow my spittle?

²⁰If I have sinned, what have I done to You,

O watcher of mankind?

Why have You made me Your target,

so that I am a burden to You?

²¹Why do You not pardon my transgression

and take away my iniquity?

For soon I will lie down in the dust;

You will seek me, but I will be no more.”

— Job 7:11-21

(BSB)

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