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7:1 人在世上岂无争战吗。他的日子不像雇工人的日子吗。
Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
7:2 像奴仆切慕黑影，像雇工人盼望工价。
As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:
7:3 我也照样经过困苦的日月，夜间的疲乏为我而定。
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
7:4 我躺卧的时候便说，我何时起来，黑夜就过去呢。我尽是反来覆去，直到天亮。
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.
7:5 我的肉体以虫子和尘土为衣。我的皮肤才收了口又重新破裂。
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.
7:6 我的日子比梭更快，都消耗在无指望之中。
My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
7:7 求你想念我，我的生命不过是一口气。我的眼睛必不再见福乐。
O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
7:8 观看我的人，他的眼必不再见我。你的眼目要看我，我却不在了。
The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
7:9 云彩消散而过。照样，人下阴间也不再上来。
As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.
7:10 他不再回自己的家，故土也不再认识他。
He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
7:11 我不禁止我口。我灵愁苦，要发出言语。我心苦恼，要吐露哀情。
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.
7:12 我对神说，我岂是洋海，岂是大鱼，你竟防守我呢。
Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
7:13 若说，我的床必安慰我，我的榻必解释我的苦情。
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
7:14 你就用梦惊骇我，用异象恐吓我。
Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:
7:15 甚至我宁肯噎死，宁肯死亡，胜似留我这一身的骨头。
So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
7:16 我厌弃性命，不愿永活。你任凭我吧，因我的日子都是虚空。
I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
7:17 人算什么，你竟看他为大，将他放在心上，
What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?
7:18 每早晨鉴察他，时刻试验他。
And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?
7:19 你到何时才转眼不看我，才任凭我咽下唾沫呢。
How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
7:20 鉴察人的主阿，我若有罪，于你何妨。为何以我当你的箭靶子，使我厌弃自己的性命。
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?
7:21 为何不赦免我的过犯，除掉我的罪孽。我现今要躺卧在尘土中。你要殷勤地寻梢我，我却不在了。
And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
约伯记7参考
内心有痛苦可以不可以发泄？向谁发泄？怎样发泄？
7:11 约伯深深地感到痛苦和困扰，并老老实实地向神说出自己的感受，以宣泄他失意的情绪。我们若要向神表达自己的感受，也可像约伯那样，不发过激的言语，不做冲动的举动，因为这可能伤害他人和自己。当激动的情感淹没我们时，可以在祷告中公开向神表达。这会有助于你从永恒的角度理解你的处境，并给你更大的能力去积极面对。
你为自己的困苦埋怨过神吗？埋怨令你怀疑神的爱吗？
7:12 约伯停止和以利法的对话，直接向神说话。虽然约伯在生活上无可指责，但他开始怀疑生存的价值。从他的观点可引伸出神不看顾他，即神是不公正的。后来神再次指责了约伯的这种态度（38:2）。撒但总是利用这些想法让我们背弃神。像约伯一样，我们受苦也许并不是我们犯罪的结果，但我们必须小心，不要使犯罪成为受苦的后果。
“神在鉴察我，数算我的罪……”仅此而已吗？
7:20 约伯把神当成高高在上的旁观者。他感到神像是他的敌人，毫无怜悯地看著他在痛苦中挣扎。我们知道，神确实在察看我们身上发生的一切。但我们不该忘记，神绝不仅仅用挑剔的眼光鉴察我们，神是怀著深情在看著我们，他的目光充满慈爱。