When I lie down, I say, 'When shall I rise?' But [the] night is long, and I have my fill of tossing until dawn.

{How long} will you not turn away from me? [Or] not leave me alone until I swallow my spit?

"{How long} will you say these [things], and the words of your mouth [be] a mighty wind?

"{How long} will you torment me and crush me with words?

They {sing} to [the] tambourine and lyre, and they rejoice to [the] sound of [the] long flute.

For {as long as} my breath [is] in me, and the spirit of God [is] in my nose,

You would call, and I myself would answer you; you would long for the work of your hand.

"{How long} {will you hunt for words}? Consider, and afterward we shall speak.

You must not long for the night, to cut off people {in their place}.