7:1   Why is life so hard? Why do we suffer?

7:2   We are slaves in search of shade; we are laborers longing for our wages.

7:3   God has made my days drag on and my nights miserable.

7:4   I pray for night to end, but it stretches out while I toss and turn.

7:5   My parched skin is covered with worms, dirt, and sores,

7:6   and my days are running out quicker than the thread of a fast-moving needle.

7:7   I beg you, God, don't forget! My life is just a breath, and trouble lies ahead.

7:8   I will vanish from sight, and no one, including you, will ever see me again.

7:9   I will disappear in the grave or vanish from sight like a passing cloud.

7:10   Never will I return home; soon I will be forgotten.

7:11   And so, I cry out to you in agony and distress.

7:12   Am I the sea or a sea monster? Is that why you imprison me?

7:13   I go to bed, hoping for rest,

7:14   but you torture me with terrible dreams.

7:15   I'd rather choke to death than live in this body.

7:16   Leave me alone and let me die; my life has no meaning.

7:17   What makes you so concerned about us humans?

7:18   Why do you test us from sunrise to sunset?

7:19   Won't you look away just long enough for me to swallow?

7:20   Why do you watch us so closely? What's it to you, if I sin? Why am I your target and such a heavy burden?

7:21   Why do you refuse to forgive? Soon you won't find me, because I'll be dead.