1 “Does not humanity have hard service on earth?Are not their days also like the days of a hired man?
2 Like a servant longing for the evening shadow,and like a hired man looking for his wages,
3 thus I have been made to inherit months of futility,and nights of sorrow have been appointed to me.
4 If I lie down, I say, ‘When will I arise?’,and the night stretches onand I toss and turn restlesslyuntil the day dawns.