<vn='1'> Is there <sn="3808">not</s> an appointed <sn="6635">time</s> to <sn="582">man</s><sn="5921">upon</s><sn="776">earth</s>? are not his <sn="3117">days</s> also like the <sn="3117">days</s> of a <sn="7916">hireling</s>? </v>
<vn='2'>As a <sn="5650">servant</s> earnestly <sn="7602">desireth</s> the <sn="6738">shadow</s>, and as a <sn="7916">hireling</s> looketh <sn="6960">for</s> the reward of his <sn="6467">work</s>: </v>
<vn='3'><sn="3651">So</s> am I made to <sn="5157">possess</s><sn="3391">months</s> of <sn="7723">vanity</s>, and <sn="5999">wearisome</s><sn="3915">nights</s> are <sn="4487">appointed</s> to me. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="518">When</s> I lie <sn="7901">down</s>, I <sn="559">say</s>, <sn="4970">When</s> shall I <sn="6965">arise</s>, and the <sn="6153">night</s> be <sn="4059">gone</s>? and I am <sn="7646">full</s> of tossings to and <sn="5076">fro</s><sn="5704">unto</s> the dawning of the <sn="5399">day</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>My <sn="1320">flesh</s> is <sn="3847">clothed</s> with <sn="7415">worms</s> and <sn="1487">clods</s> of <sn="6083">dust</s>; my <sn="5785">skin</s> is <sn="7280">broken</s>, and become <sn="3988">loathsome</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>My <sn="3117">days</s> are <sn="7043">swifter</s><sn="4480">than</s> a weaver's <sn="708">shuttle</s>, and are <sn="3615">spent</s><sn="657">without</s><sn="8615">hope</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>O <sn="2142">remember</s><sn="3588">that</s> my <sn="2416">life</s> is <sn="7307">wind</s>: mine <sn="5869">eye</s> shall <sn="3808">no</s><sn="7725">more</s><sn="7200">see</s><sn="2896">good</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>The <sn="5869">eye</s> of him that hath <sn="7210">seen</s> me shall <sn="7789">see</s> me <sn="3808">no</s> more: thine <sn="5869">eyes</s> are upon me, and I am <sn="369">not</s>. </v>
<vn='9'> As the <sn="6051">cloud</s> is <sn="3615">consumed</s> and vanisheth <sn="1980">away</s>: <sn="3651">so</s> he that goeth <sn="3381">down</s> to the <sn="7585">grave</s> shall come <sn="5927">up</s><sn="3808">no</s> more. </v>
<vn='10'>He shall <sn="7725">return</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="5750">more</s> to his <sn="1004">house</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> shall his <sn="4725">place</s><sn="5234">know</s> him any <sn="5750">more</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="1571">Therefore</s><sn="589">I</s> will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2820">refrain</s> my <sn="6310">mouth</s>; I will <sn="1696">speak</s> in the <sn="6862">anguish</s> of my <sn="7307">spirit</s>; I will <sn="7878">complain</s> in the <sn="4751">bitterness</s> of my <sn="5315">soul</s>. </v>
<vn='12'> Am <sn="589">I</s> a <sn="3220">sea</s>, <sn="518">or</s> a <sn="8577">whale</s>, <sn="3588">that</s> thou <sn="7760">settest</s> a <sn="4929">watch</s><sn="5921">over</s> me? </v>
<vn='13'><sn="3588">When</s> I <sn="559">say</s>, My <sn="6210">bed</s> shall <sn="5162">comfort</s> me, my <sn="4904">couch</s> shall <sn="5375">ease</s> my <sn="7879">complaint</s>; </v>
<vn='14'>Then thou <sn="2865">scarest</s> me with <sn="2472">dreams</s>, and <sn="1204">terrifiest</s> me through <sn="4480 2384">visions</s>: </v>
<vn='15'>So that my <sn="5315">soul</s><sn="977">chooseth</s><sn="4267">strangling</s>, and <sn="4194">death</s> rather than my <sn="4480 6106">life</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>I <sn="3988">loathe</s> it; I would <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2421">live</s><sn="5769">always</s>: let me <sn="2308 4480">alone</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> my <sn="3117">days</s> are <sn="1892">vanity</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="4100">What</s> is <sn="582">man</s>, <sn="3588">that</s> thou shouldest <sn="1431">magnify</s> him? and <sn="3588">that</s> thou shouldest <sn="7896">set</s> thine <sn="3820">heart</s><sn="413">upon</s> him? </v>
<vn='18'>And that thou shouldest <sn="6485">visit</s> him every <sn="1242">morning</s>, and <sn="974">try</s> him every <sn="7281">moment</s>? </v>
<vn='19'>How <sn="4100">long</s> wilt thou <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8159">depart</s><sn="4480">from</s> me, <sn="3808">nor</s> let me <sn="7503">alone</s><sn="5704">till</s> I swallow <sn="1104">down</s> my <sn="7536">spittle</s>? </v>
<vn='20'>I have <sn="2398">sinned</s>; <sn="4100">what</s> shall I <sn="6466">do</s> unto thee, O thou <sn="5341">preserver</s> of <sn="120">men</s>? <sn="4100">why</s> hast thou <sn="7760">set</s> me as a <sn="4645">mark</s> against thee, so that I <sn="1861">am</s> a <sn="4853">burden</s><sn="5921">to</s> myself? </v>
<vn='21'>And <sn="4100">why</s> dost thou <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5375">pardon</s> my <sn="6588">transgression</s>, and take <sn="5674">away</s><sn="*853"></s> mine <sn="5771">iniquity</s>? <sn="3588">for</s><sn="6258">now</s> shall I <sn="7901">sleep</s> in the <sn="6083">dust</s>; and thou shalt seek me in the <sn="7836">morning</s>, but I shall <sn="369">not</s> be. </v>