KJV ¹ Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?

WLC ¹ הֲלֹא־ צָבָ֣א לֶאֱנ֣וֹשׁ אָ֑רֶץ וְכִימֵ֖י שָׂכִ֣יר יָמָֽיו׃

KJV ² As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:

WLC ² כְּעֶ֥בֶד יִשְׁאַף־ צֵ֑ל וּ֝כְשָׂכִ֗יר יְקַוֶּ֥ה פָעֳלֽוֹ׃

KJV ³ So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.

WLC ³ כֵּ֤ן הָנְחַ֣לְתִּי לִ֭י יַרְחֵי־ שָׁ֑וְא וְלֵיל֥וֹת עָ֝מָ֗ל מִנּוּ־ לִֽי׃

KJV 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.

WLC ⁴ אִם־ שָׁכַ֗בְתִּי וְאָמַ֗רְתִּי מָתַ֣י אָ֭קוּם וּמִדַּד־ עָ֑רֶב וְשָׂבַ֖עְתִּי נְדֻדִ֣ים עֲדֵי־ נָֽשֶׁף׃

KJV ⁵ My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.

WLC ⁵ לָ֘בַ֤שׁ בְּשָׂרִ֣י רִ֭מָּה עָפָ֑ר עוֹרִ֥י רָ֝גַ֗ע וַיִּמָּאֵֽס׃

KJV ⁶ My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.

WLC ⁶ יָמַ֣י קַ֭לּוּ מִנִּי־ אָ֑רֶג וַ֝יִּכְל֗וּ בְּאֶ֣פֶס תִּקְוָֽה׃

KJV ⁷ O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.

WLC ⁷ זְ֭כֹר כִּי־ ר֣וּחַ חַיָּ֑י לֹא־ תָשׁ֥וּב עֵ֝ינִ֗י לִרְא֥וֹת טֽוֹב׃

KJV ⁸ The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.

WLC ⁸ לֹֽא־ תְ֭שׁוּרֵנִי עֵ֣ין רֹ֑אִי עֵינֶ֖יךָ בִּ֣י וְאֵינֶֽנִּי׃

KJV ⁹ As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.

WLC ⁹ כָּלָ֣ה עָ֭נָן וַיֵּלַ֑ךְ כֵּ֥ן יוֹרֵ֥ד שְׁ֝א֗וֹל לֹ֣א יַעֲלֶֽה׃

KJV ¹⁰ He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.

WLC ¹⁰ לֹא־ יָשׁ֣וּב ע֣וֹד לְבֵית֑וֹ וְלֹא־ יַכִּירֶ֖נּוּ ע֣וֹד מְקֹמֽוֹ׃

KJV 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.

WLC ¹¹ גַּם־ אֲנִי֮ לֹ֤א אֶחֱשָׂ֫ךְ פִּ֥י אֲ‍ֽ֭דַבְּרָה בְּצַ֣ר רוּחִ֑י אָ֝שִׂ֗יחָה בְּמַ֣ר נַפְשִֽׁי׃

KJV ¹² Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?

WLC ¹² הֲ‍ֽיָם־ אָ֭נִי אִם־ תַּנִּ֑ין כִּֽי־ תָשִׂ֖ים עָלַ֣י מִשְׁמָֽר׃

KJV ¹³ When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaints;

WLC ¹³ כִּֽי־ אָ֭מַרְתִּי תְּנַחֲמֵ֣נִי עַרְשִׂ֑י יִשָּׂ֥א בְ֝שִׂיחִ֗י מִשְׁכָּבִֽי׃

KJV ¹⁴ Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:

WLC ¹⁴ וְחִתַּתַּ֥נִי בַחֲלֹמ֑וֹת וּֽמֵחֶזְיֹנ֥וֹת תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי׃

KJV ¹⁵ So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.

WLC ¹⁵ וַתִּבְחַ֣ר מַחֲנָ֣ק נַפְשִׁ֑י מָ֝֗וֶת מֵֽעַצְמוֹתָֽי׃

KJV ¹⁶ I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.

WLC ¹⁶ מָ֭אַסְתִּי לֹא־ לְעֹלָ֣ם אֶֽחְיֶ֑ה חֲדַ֥ל מִ֝מֶּ֗נִּי כִּי־ הֶ֥בֶל יָמָֽי׃

KJV ¹⁷ What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

WLC ¹⁷ מָֽה־ אֱ֭נוֹשׁ כִּ֣י תְגַדְּלֶ֑נּוּ וְכִי־ תָשִׁ֖ית אֵלָ֣יו לִבֶּֽךָ׃

KJV ¹⁸ And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?

WLC ¹⁸ וַתִּפְקְדֶ֥נּוּ לִבְקָרִ֑ים לִ֝רְגָעִ֗ים תִּבְחָנֶֽנּוּ׃

KJV ¹⁹ How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

WLC ¹⁹ כַּ֭מָּה לֹא־ תִשְׁעֶ֣ה מִמֶּ֑נִּי לֹֽא־ תַ֝רְפֵּ֗נִי עַד־ בִּלְעִ֥י רֻקִּֽי׃

KJV 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?

WLC ²⁰ חָטָ֡אתִי מָ֤ה אֶפְעַ֨ל ׀ לָךְ֮ נֹצֵ֪ר הָאָ֫דָ֥ם לָ֤מָה שַׂמְתַּ֣נִי לְמִפְגָּ֣ע לָ֑ךְ וָאֶהְיֶ֖ה עָלַ֣י לְמַשָּֽׂא׃

KJV 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.

WLC ²¹ וּמֶ֤ה ׀ לֹא־ תִשָּׂ֣א פִשְׁעִי֮ וְתַעֲבִ֪יר אֶת־ עֲוֺ֫נִ֥י כִּֽי־ עַ֭תָּה לֶעָפָ֣ר אֶשְׁכָּ֑ב וְשִׁ֖חֲרְתַּ֣נִי וְאֵינֶֽנִּי׃