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| [1]Is ther not an appoynted time to man vpon earth? Are not his dayes also like the dayes of an hired seruaunt |
[1]Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling? |
| [2]For like as a bonde seruaunt desireth the shadowe, and as an hyreling woulde fayne haue the rewarde of his worke |
[2]As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work: |
| [3]Euen so haue I laboured whole monethes long in vayne, and many a carefull night haue I tolde |
[3]So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me. |
| [4]When I layde me downe to sleepe, I sayde, O when shall I arise? and measuring the euening, I am euen full with tossing to and fro vnto the dawning of the day |
[4]When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day. |
| [5]My fleshe is clothed with wormes and dust of the earth: my skinne is withered and become horrible |
[5]My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome. |
| [6]My dayes passe ouer more spedyly then a weauers shuttle, and are spent without hope |
[6]My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope. |
| [7]O remember that my lyfe is but a winde, and that myne eye shall no more see pleasures |
[7]O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good. |
| [8]Yea and the eye that hath seene me, shal see me no more: for yer thou fasten thyne eye vpon me, I come to naught |
[8]The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not. |
| [9]The cloude is consumed and vanished away: so he that goeth downe to the graue shall come no more vp |
[9]As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. |
| [10]Nor turne againe into his house, neither shall his place knowe him any more |
[10]He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more. |
| [11]Therfore I wil not spare my mouth, but I will speake in the trouble of my spirite, and muse in the bitternesse of my mynde |
[11]Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. |
| [12]Am I a sea or a whale fish, that thou kepest me [so] in prison |
[12]Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me? |
| [13]When I say, My bed shal comfort me, I shall haue some refreshing by talking to my selfe vpon my couch |
[13]When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaints; |
| [14]Then fearest thou me with dreames, & makest me so afrayde through visions |
[14]Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions: |
| [15]That my soule wisheth rather to perishe and die, then my bones to remayne |
[15]So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life. |
| [16]I can see no remedy, I shall liue no more: O spare me then, for my dayes are but vanitie |
[16]I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity. |
| [17]What is man that thou doest magnifie him? and that thou settest thy heart vpon him |
[17]What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him? |
| [18]Thou visitest him early and euery day, euery moment doest thou trie him |
[18]And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment? |
| [19]Why goest thou not fro me, nor lettest me alone, so long till I may swalowe downe my spyttle |
[19]How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle? |
| [20]I haue offended, what shall I do vnto the, O thou preseruer of men? Why hast thou set me [as a marke] against thee, so that I am a burden to my selfe |
[20]I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself? |
| [21]Why doest thou not pardon my trespasses, and take away myne iniquitie? Behold, nowe must I sleepe in the dust, and if thou sekest me to morowe in the morning, I shal not be |
[21]And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be. |