1. “Is there not a time of hard service for man on earth?Are not his days also like the days of a hired man?
2. Like a servant who earnestly desires the shade,And like a hired man who eagerly looks for his wages,
3. So I have been allotted months of futility,And wearisome nights have been appointed to me.
4. When I lie down, I say, ‘When shall I arise,And the night be ended?’For I have had my fill of tossing till dawn.
5. My flesh is caked with worms and dust,My skin is cracked and breaks out afresh.
6. “My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,And are spent without hope.