1“People need to work hard on this earth, like soldiers do;
2We are like [SIM] slaves who keep wanting to be in the cool shade,
3God has given me many months in which I think that it is useless to remain alive;
4When I lie down at night I say, ‘How long will it be until morning?’
5My body is covered with maggots and scabs;
6My days pass as quickly as a weaver’s ◄shuttle/stick that takes the thread back and forth►,
7God, do not forget that my life is as short as a breath [MET];
8God, you [SYN] see me now,
9Like [SIM] clouds ◄disperse/break up► and then disappear,
10they never return to their houses,
11So, I will not be silent;
12God, why do you watch closely what I am doing?
13When I lie down at night, I think, ‘I will be comforted here on my bed;
14But then you give me dreams that cause me to be afraid;
15with the result that I would prefer to be strangled to death
16I detest continuing to be alive; I do not want to live for many years [HYP].
17“We human beings are not very important;
18You look at us every morning to see what we are doing,
19◄When will you stop looking at me and leave me alone for a little time, long enough to swallow my spit?/Please stop looking at me and leave me alone for a little time, long enough to swallow my spit.► [RHQ]
20Why do you watch me constantly?
21If I have sinned, are you not able to forgive me for my sins—