What does Job Chapter 7 say, and which statements belong to its speaker?

Continuing his lament, Job declared that the life of mortal man upon earth is a warfare, with his days resembling those of a hireling. Just as a servant longs for shade and a laborer waits eagerly for the end of his toil, so Job had inherited empty months and wearisome nights. Lying upon his couch, he cried out wondering when he would arise, looking for evening and filled with sorrow until dark. His flesh was coated with putrefaction and clods of dry dust, while his skin had withered and drawn together.

Reflecting upon the transience of life, Job lamented that his days sped by more swiftly than the web cut by a weaver and vanished without hope. He implored God to remember that human existence is a fleeting breath of wind, after which mortal eyes will never return to behold earthly joys; he says that God’s eyes will be upon him and he will be no more. Comparing human death to a cloud that dissolves and disappears into thin air, Job affirmed that whoever descends into hell shall never return to his house nor will his former dwelling recognize him again.

Refusing to keep silent in his anguish, Job resolved to speak in the bitterness of his soul. He questioned whether he was a sea or a whale that God felt compelled to confine him in a prison. He said that if he expected his bed and couch to comfort him, God would frighten him with dreams and terrify him with visions. He said his soul chose hanging and his bones death. Renouncing all earthly hope, he questioned why God should elevate mortal man or bestow such relentless attention upon him, visiting him in the morning and proving him suddenly. Pleading for a moment's respite even to swallow his saliva, Job said that he had sinned, asking the Keeper of men why he had been made an adversary for divine scrutiny and a burden to himself, begging God to pardon his transgressions before he slept in the dust of the earth.