Job 7:3

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Month after frustrating month has gone by. I have suffered night after night.

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Lord, I am so weak. I cried to you all night. My pillow is soaked; my bed is dripping wet from my tears.

I looked at everything done on earth, and I saw that it is all a waste of time. It is like trying to catch the wind.

You gave me only a short life. Compared to you, my whole life is nothing. The life of every human is like a cloud that quickly disappears. Selah

“I wish my life could be the same as it was a few months ago, when God watched over me and cared for me.

God, you surely took away my strength. You destroyed my whole family.

They are like a slave looking for cool shade or a hired worker waiting for payday.

He will do to me what he planned, and he has many other plans for me.

My enemies have caused me such sorrow that my eyes are worn out from crying.