7. “Remember that my life is a breath;my eye will never again see good.
8. The eye of him who sees me will behold me no more;while your eyes are on me, I shall be gone.
9. As the cloud fades and vanishes,so he who goes down to Sheol does not come up;
10. he returns no more to his house,nor does his place know him anymore.
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.
12. Am I the sea, or a sea monster,that you set a guard over me?
13. When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me,my couch will ease my complaint,’
14. then you scare me with dreamsand terrify me with visions,
15. so that I would choose stranglingand death rather than my bones.
16. I loathe my life; I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are a breath.
17. What is man, that you make so much of him,and that you set your heart on him,
18. visit him every morningand test him every moment?