ESV Study Bible | English Standard Version

11 “Therefore I will not l restrain my mouth;
I will speak in the anguish of my spirit;
I will m complain in n the bitterness of my soul.
12 Am I the sea, or o a sea monster,
that you set a guard over me?
13 p When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me,
my couch will ease my complaint,’
14 then you scare me with dreams
and terrify me with visions,
15 so that I would choose strangling
and death rather than my q bones.
16 I r loathe my life; I would not live forever.
s Leave me alone, for my days are t a breath.
17 u What is man, that you make so much of him,
and that you set your heart on him,
18 v visit him every morning
and w test him every moment?
19 How long will you not x look away from me,
nor leave me alone till I swallow my spit?
20 If I sin, what do I do to you, you watcher of mankind?
Why have you made me y your mark?
Why have I become a burden to you?
21 Why do you not pardon my transgression
and take away my iniquity?
For now I shall lie in z the earth;
you will a seek me, b but I shall not be.”