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Is there not a tzava (forced hard service in the army) to enosh (man) upon earth? Are not his days also like the yamim of a sachir (hired laborer)?

As an eved earnestly longeth for tzel (shade), and as a sachir waiteth for the wage of his work,

So am I made to possess months of shav (vanity, futility), and lailot amal (nights of weariness) are appointed to me.

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“Do not mortals have hard service(A) on earth?(B)
    Are not their days like those of hired laborers?(C)
Like a slave longing for the evening shadows,(D)
    or a hired laborer waiting to be paid,(E)
so I have been allotted months of futility,
    and nights of misery have been assigned to me.(F)

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