30¿ [IS] THERE ON TONGUE MY INJUSTICE OR? PALATE MY NOT DOES IT DISCERN DESTRUCTION<S> 30Is there iniquity on my tongue? Can my mouth not discern malice? [’’]
1¿ NOT [DOES] SERVICE [BELONG] TO HUMANKIND ON EARTH AND LIKE [THE] DAYS OF A HIRED LABORER [ARE] DAYS? HIS Job Continues: Life Seems Futile 1“Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?
2LIKE A SLAVE [WHO] HE PANTS FOR SHADE AND LIKE A HIRED LABORER [WHO] HE LONGS FOR WAGE[S] HIS 2Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hireling he waits for his wages.
3SO I HAVE BEEN ALLOTTED FOR MYSELF MONTHS OF WORTHLESSNESS AND NIGHTS OF TROUBLE PEOPLE HAVE ALLOTTED TO ME 3So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed to me.
4IF I LAY DOWN AND I WILL SAY WHEN? WILL I ARISE AND IT WILL CONTINUE EVENING AND I WILL BE SURFEITED RESTLESSNESS<ES> UNTIL TWILIGHT 4When I lie down I think: ‘When will I get up?’ But the night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.
5IT IS CLOTHED FLESH MY MAGGOT[S] AND CLOD[S] OF DUST SKIN MY IT HAS HARDENED AND IT HAS RUN 5My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.
6DAYS MY THEY HAVE BEEN SWIFT MORE THAN A WEAVER'S SHUTTLE AND THEY HAVE COME TO AN END WITH NOT HOPE 6My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.
7REMEMBER THAT [IS] A BREATH LIFE MY NOT IT WILL RETURN EYE MY TO SEE GOOD 7Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.
8NOT IT WILL OBSERVE ME AN EYE OF SIGHT EYES YOUR [WILL BE] ON ME AND THERE NOT [WILL BE] ME 8The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more.
9IT VANISHES A CLOUD AND IT HAS GONE THUS [ONE WHO] HAS GONE DOWN SHEOL NOT HE WILL COME UP 9As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.
10NOT HE WILL RETURN AGAIN TO HOUSE HIS AND NOT IT WILL ACKNOWLEDGE HIM AGAIN PLACE HIS 10He never returns to his house; his place remembers him no more.
11ALSO I NOT I WILL RESTRAIN MOUTH MY I WILL SPEAK IN [THE] DISTRESS OF SPIRIT MY I WILL COMPLAIN IN [THE] BITTERNESS OF SOUL MY 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.
12¿ [THE] SEA [AM] I OR? [THE] SEA MONSTER THAT YOU WILL SET OVER ME A GUARD 12Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under guard?
13IF I SAID IT WILL COMFORT ME COUCH MY IT WILL CARRY IN COMPLAINT MY BED MY 13When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,
14AND YOU WILL DISMAY ME BY DREAMS AND FROM VISIONS YOU WILL TERRIFY ME 14then You frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions,
15AND IT CHOSE STRANGLING SELF MY DEATH MORE THAN BONES MY 15so that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body.
16I REJECT NOT FOR EVER I WILL LIVE CEASE FROM ME FOR [ARE] A BREATH DAYS MY 16I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
17WHAT? [IS] HUMANKIND THAT YOU WILL MAKE GREAT HIM AND THAT YOU WILL SET TO HIM HEART YOUR 17What is man that You should exalt him, that You should set Your heart upon him,
18AND YOU HAVE VISITED HIM TO MORNINGS TO MOMENTS YOU TEST HIM 18that You attend to him every morning, and test him every moment?
19HOW LONG? NOT WILL YOU LOOK AWAY FROM ME NOT WILL YOU LET ALONE? ME UNTIL SWALLOW I SPITTLE MY 19Will You never look away from me, or leave me alone to swallow my spittle?
20I HAVE SINNED WHAT? DO I DO TO YOU O WATCHER OF <THE> HUMANKIND <TO> WHY? HAVE YOU SET ME TO A TARGET OF YOU AND I HAVE BECOME ON MYSELF <INTO> A BURDEN 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*NoteCloseLXX; Hebrew to myself?
21AND WHY? NOT WILL YOU FORGIVE TRANSGRESSION MY SO MAY YOU TAKE AWAY? <OBJ.> INIQUITY MY FOR NOW TO THE DUST I WILL LIE DOWN AND YOU WILL LOOK FOR ME AND THERE NOT [WILL BE] ME 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.”