Job 7:7

New International Reader's Version

God, remember that my life is only a breath. I’ll never be happy again.

Cross References

Genesis 42:36

Their father Jacob said to them, “You have taken my children away from me. Joseph is gone. Simeon is gone. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is going against me!”

Nehemiah 1:8

“Remember what you told him. You said, ‘If you people are not faithful, I will scatter you among the nations.

Job 10:20

Aren’t my few days almost over? Leave me so I can have a moment of joy.

Job 10:9

Remember, you molded me like clay. So are you going to turn me back into dust?

Job 7:16

I hate my life. I don’t want to live forever. Leave me alone. My days don’t mean anything to me.

Job 9:25

“God, my days race by like a runner. They fly away without seeing any joy.

Psalm 39:6

People are only shadows as they go here and there. They rush around, but it doesn’t mean anything. They pile up wealth, but they don’t know who will finally get it.

Psalm 4:6

Lord, many are asking, “Who will make us successful?” Lord, may you do good things for us.

Psalm 74:18

Lord, remember how your enemies have made fun of you. Remember how foolish people have attacked you with their words.

Psalm 74:22

God, rise up. Stand up for your cause. Remember how foolish people make fun of you all day long.

Psalm 78:39

He remembered that they were only human. He remembered they were only a breath of air that drifts by and doesn’t return.

Psalm 89:47

Remember how short my life is. You have created all people for such a useless purpose!

Psalm 89:50

Lord, remember how my enemies have made fun of me. I’ve had to put up with mean words from all the nations.

Jeremiah 15:15

Lord, you understand how much I’m suffering. Show concern for me. Take care of me. Pay back those who are trying to harm me. You are patient. Don’t take my life away from me. Think about how much shame I suffer because of you.

James 4:14

You don’t even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? It is a mist that appears for a little while. Then it disappears.