Holy Scripture
Job 7:12
A church father on this verse
“Am I a sea or a whale, that thou hast compassed me about with a prison? Man is 'compassed about with a prison,' in that he very often both strives to mount on high by the strides of virtuous attainments, and yet is impeded by the corruption of his fleshly part. Of which same the Psalmist rightly prays that he might be…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
12Am I a sea, or a serpent, That thou hast set a watch over me?
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10And he shall surely not return to his own house, Neither shall his place know him anymore.
11Then neither will I refrain my mouth: I will speak being in distress; Being in anguish I will disclose the bitterness of my soul.
— Job 7:12 —
13I said that my bed should comfort me, And I would privately counsel with myself on my couch.
14Thou scarest me with dreams, and dost terrify me with visions.