I loathe my life; I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are a breath.
“I loathe my life; I will give free utterance to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he asked that he might die, saying, “It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”
When the sun rose, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on the head of Jonah so that he was faint. And he asked that he might die and said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
Look away from me, that I may smile again, before I depart and am no more!”
look away from him and leave him alone, that he may enjoy, like a hired hand, his day.
Are not my days few? Then cease, and leave me alone, that I may find a little cheer
I am blameless; I regard not myself; I loathe my life.
that it would please God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!
Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
The more words, the more vanity, and what is the advantage to man? For who knows what is good for man while he lives the few days of his vain life, which he passes like a shadow? For who can tell man what will be after him under the sun?
Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
So he made their days vanish like a breath, and their years in terror.
Those of low estate are but a breath; those of high estate are a delusion; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath.
Remove your stroke from me; I am spent by the hostility of your hand.
“Why is light given to him who is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul, who long for death, but it comes not, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures, who rejoice exceedingly and are glad when they find the grave?
Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I loathe my life because of the Hittite women. If Jacob marries one of the Hittite women like these, one of the women of the land, what good will my life be to me?”
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