Job 7:1-3

“Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand? Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hireling he waits for his wages. So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed to me.

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Job 7

One song meets this passage

  • “Can make a good man turn bad”

    Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want · The Smiths

    resonates with Job 7:1-3

    Job's lament over hard circumstances wearing down a person's character mirrors this singer's sense that misfortune can corrode even a good man.

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