Will you not look away from me for a while, let me alone until I swallow my spittle?
he will not let me get my breath but fills me with bitterness.
look away from them and desist, that they may enjoy, like laborers, their days.
they cried out with a loud voice, “Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long will it be before you judge and avenge our blood on the inhabitants of the earth?”
O Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked exult?
My soul also is struck with terror, while you, O Lord—how long?
Are not the days of my life few? Let me alone, that I may find a little comfort
Turn your gaze away from me, that I may smile again, before I depart and am no more.”