7"Remember that my life is a breath;
my eye will never again see good.
8The eye of him who sees me will behold me no more;
while your eyes are upon me, I shall be gone.
9As the cloud fades and vanishes,
so he who goes down to Sheol does not come up;
10he returns no more to his house,
nor does his place know him any more.
11"Therefore 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 a sea monster,
that you set a guard over me?
13When I say, 'My bed will comfort me,
my couch will ease my complaint,'
14then you scare me with dreams
and terrify me with visions,
15so that I would choose strangling
and death rather than my bones.
16I loathe my life; I would not live for ever.
Let me alone, for my days are a breath.
17What is man, that you make so much of him,
and that you set your mind upon him,
18visits him every morning,
and test him every moment?
19How long will you not look away from me,
nor let me alone till I swallow my spittle?
20If I sin, what do I do to you, you watcher of men?
Why have you made me your mark?
Why have I become a burden to you?
21Why do you not pardon my transgression
and take away my iniquity?
For now I shall lie in the earth;
you will seek me, but I shall not be."
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