Add parallel Print Page Options

As a servant earnestly longs for the shade and the evening shadows, and as a hireling who looks for the reward of his work,

So am I allotted months of futile [suffering], and [long] nights of misery are appointed to me.

When I lie down I say, When shall I arise and the night be gone? And I am full of tossing to and fro till the dawning of the day.

Read full chapter

Like a slave longing for the evening shadows,(A)
    or a hired laborer waiting to be paid,(B)
so I have been allotted months of futility,
    and nights of misery have been assigned to me.(C)
When I lie down I think, ‘How long before I get up?’(D)
    The night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.(E)

Read full chapter