1. “Is there not a time of hard service for a man upon earth?Are not his days also like the days of a hired worker?
2. Like a servant, he longs for the shade,and like a hired worker, he looks for his wages,
3. so I have been assigned months of futility,and nights of trouble have been appointed to me.
4. When I lie down, I say,‘When will I arise and the night be ended?’And I am full of restlessness until the dawn.
5. My flesh is covered with worms and caked with dirt;my skin is broken, and has become loathsome.
6. “My days fly more swiftly than a weaver’s shuttle,and are spent without hope.
7. Oh, remember that my life is a breath!My eye will never again see good.