Olam 2

<i>Am</i> I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?

When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;

Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:

So that my soul chooseth strangling, <i>and</i> death rather than my life.

I loathe <i>it</i>; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days <i>are</i> vanity.

What <i>is</i> man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

And <i>that</i> thou shouldest visit him every morning, <i>and</i> try him every moment?

How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

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?

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 <i>shall</i> not <i>be</i>.