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.