Job 7:9-16 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

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.

16. I hate my life. I don't want to live forever. Leave me alone. My days don't mean anything to me.

Job 7