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11 “Even[a] I will not restrain my mouth;
I will speak in my spirit’s anguish;
I will complain in my inner self’s[b] bitterness.
12 Am I the sea, or a sea monster,
that you set a guard over me?
13 When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me,
and my couch[c] will ease my complaint,’

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Footnotes

  1. Job 7:11 Or “I on my part”
  2. Job 7:11 Or “soul’s”
  3. Job 7:13 Or “bed”

11 “Therefore I will not keep silent;(A)
    I will speak out in the anguish(B) of my spirit,
    I will complain(C) in the bitterness of my soul.(D)
12 Am I the sea,(E) or the monster of the deep,(F)
    that you put me under guard?(G)
13 When I think my bed will comfort me
    and my couch will ease my complaint,(H)

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