Job 10:20

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Are not the days of my life few? Let me alone, that I may find a little comfort

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“A mortal, born of woman, few of days and full of trouble,

Turn your gaze away from me, that I may smile again, before I depart and am no more.”

You have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing in your sight. Surely everyone stands as a mere breath. Selah

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

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