Job 10:20

English Standard Version 2016

Are not my days few? Then cease, and leave me alone, that I may find a little cheer

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“Man who is born of a woman is few of days and full of trouble.

Look away from me, that I may smile again, before I depart and am no more!”

Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah

withdraw your hand far from me, and let not dread of you terrify me.

For we are but of yesterday and know nothing, for our days on earth are a shadow.

he will not let me get my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

and were as though I had not been, carried from the womb to the grave.