Job 7:6-15 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

6. "My days pass by faster than a weaver can work. They come to an end. I don't have any hope.

7. God, remember that my life is only a breath. I'll never be happy again.

8. The eyes that see me now won't see me anymore. You will look for me. But I'll be gone.

9. When a cloud disappears, it's gone forever. And anyone who goes down to the grave never returns.

10. He never comes home again. Even his own family doesn't remember him.

11. "So I won't keep quiet. When I'm suffering greatly, I'll speak out. When my spirit is bitter, I'll tell you how unhappy I am.

12. Am I the ocean? Am I the sea monster? If I'm not, why do you guard me so closely?

13. Sometimes I think my bed will comfort me. I think my couch will keep me from being unhappy.

14. But even then you send me dreams that frighten me. You send me visions that terrify me.

15. So I would rather choke to death. That would be better than living in this body of mine.

Job 7