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| 7:1 | Knyythod is lijf of man on erthe, and his daies ben as the daies of an hired man. |
| 7:2 | As an hert desireth schadowe, and as an hirede man abideth the ende of his werk; |
| 7:3 | so and Y hadde voide monethis, and Y noumbrede trauailous niytes to me. |
| 7:4 | If Y schal slepe, Y schal seie, Whanne schal Y rise? and eft Y schal abide the euentid, and Y schal be fillid with sorewis `til to derknessis. |
| 7:5 | Mi fleisch is clothid with rot, and filthis of dust; my skyn driede vp, and is drawun togidere. |
| 7:6 | My daies passiden swiftliere thanne a web is kit doun `of a webstere; and tho daies ben wastid with outen ony hope. |
| 7:7 | God, haue thou mynde, for my lijf is wynde, and myn iye schal not turne ayen, that it se goodis. |
| 7:8 | Nethir the siyt of man schal biholde me; but thin iyen ben in me, and Y schal not `be in deedli lijf. |
| 7:9 | As a cloude is wastid, and passith, so he that goith doun to helle, schal not stie; |
| 7:10 | nether schal turne ayen more in to his hows, and his place schal no more knowe hym. |
| 7:11 | Wherfor and Y schal not spare my mouth; Y schal speke in the tribulacioun of my spirit, Y schal talke togidere with the bitternesse of my soule. |
| 7:12 | Whether Y am the see, ethir a whal, for thou hast cumpassid me with prisoun? |
| 7:13 | If Y seie, My bed schal coumfort me, and Y schal be releeuyd, spekynge with me in my bed; |
| 7:14 | thou schalt make me aferd bi dremys, and thou schalt schake me with `orrour, ethir hidousnesse, `bi siytis. |
| 7:15 | Wherfor my soule `chees hangyng, and my boonys cheesiden deth. |
| 7:16 | `Y dispeiride, now Y schal no more lyue; Lord, spare thou me, for my daies ben nouyt. |
| 7:17 | What is a man, for thou `magnifiest hym? ether what settist thou thin herte toward hym? |
| 7:18 | Thou visitist hym eerly, and sudeynli thou preuest hym. |
| 7:19 | Hou long sparist thou not me, nether suffrist me, that Y swolowe my spotele? |
| 7:20 | Y haue synned; A! thou kepere of men, what schal Y do to thee? Whi hast thou set me contrarie to thee, and Y am maad greuouse to my silf? |
| 7:21 | Whi doist thou not awei my sinne, and whi takist thou not awei my wickidnesse? Lo! now Y schal slepe in dust, and if thou sekist me eerli, Y schal not abide. |
| 7:1 | Is there not an appointed time to man vpon earth? and are not his dayes as the dayes of an hyreling? |
| 7:2 | As a seruant longeth for the shadowe, and as an hyreling looketh for the ende of his worke, |
| 7:3 | So haue I had as an inheritance the moneths of vanitie, and painefull nights haue bene appointed vnto me. |
| 7:4 | If I layed me downe, I sayde, When shall I arise? and measuring the euening I am euen full with tossing to and from vnto the dawning of the day. |
| 7:5 | My flesh is clothed with wormes and filthinesse of the dust: my skinne is rent, and become horrible. |
| 7:6 | My dayes are swifter then a weauers shittle, and they are spent without hope. |
| 7:7 | Remember that my life is but a wind, and that mine eye shall not returne to see pleasure. |
| 7:8 | The eye that hath seene me, shall see me no more: thine eyes are vpon me, and I shall be no longer. |
| 7:9 | As the cloude vanisheth and goeth away, so he that goeth downe to the graue, shall come vp no more. |
| 7:10 | He shall returne no more to his house, neither shall his place knowe him any more. |
| 7:11 | Therefore I will not spare my mouth, but will speake in the trouble of my spirite, and muse in the bitternesse of my minde. |
| 7:12 | Am I a sea or a whalefish, that thou keepest me in warde? |
| 7:13 | When I say, My couch shall relieue me, and my bed shall bring comfort in my meditation, |
| 7:14 | Then fearest thou me with dreames, and astonishest me with visions. |
| 7:15 | Therefore my soule chuseth rather to be strangled and to die, then to be in my bones. |
| 7:16 | I abhorre it, I shall not liue alway: spare me then, for my dayes are but vanitie. |
| 7:17 | What is man, that thou doest magnifie him, and that thou settest thine heart vpon him? |
| 7:18 | And doest visite him euery morning, and tryest him euery moment? |
| 7:19 | Howe long will it be yer thou depart from me? thou wilt not let me alone whiles I may swallowe my spettle. |
| 7:20 | I haue sinned, what shall I do vnto thee? O thou preseruer of me, why hast thou set me as a marke against thee, so that I am a burden vnto my selfe? |
| 7:21 | And why doest thou not pardon my trespasse? and take away mine iniquitie? for nowe shall I sleepe in the dust, and if thou seekest me in the morning, I shall not be found. |
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