Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?
General references
Bible References
What
Job 7:5
“My body is clothed with worms and a crust of dust;
My skin is hardened [and broken and loathsome], and [breaks out and] runs.
“My body is clothed with worms and a crust of dust;
My skin is hardened [and broken and loathsome], and [breaks out and] runs.
Job 10:20
“Would He not let my few days alone,
Withdraw from me that I may have a little cheer
“Would He not let my few days alone,
Withdraw from me that I may have a little cheer
Job 13:25
“Will You cause a windblown leaf to tremble?
Will You pursue the chaff of the dry stubble?
“Will You cause a windblown leaf to tremble?
Will You pursue the chaff of the dry stubble?
Job 17:1 “My spirit is broken, my days are extinguished,
The grave is ready for me.
The grave is ready for me.
Psalm 39:5
“Behold, You have made my days as [short as] hand widths,
And my lifetime is as nothing in Your sight.
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]! Selah.
“Behold, You have made my days as [short as] hand widths,
And my lifetime is as nothing in Your sight.
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]!
Psalm 90:5
You have swept them away like a flood, they fall asleep [forgotten as soon as they are gone];
In the morning they are like grass which grows anew—
You have swept them away like a flood, they fall asleep [forgotten as soon as they are gone];
In the morning they are like grass which grows anew—
Psalm 102:23
He has exhausted my strength [humbling me with sorrow] in the way;
He has shortened my days.
He has exhausted my strength [humbling me with sorrow] in the way;
He has shortened my days.
Psalm 103:14
For He knows our [mortal] frame;
He remembers that we are [merely] dust.
For He knows our [mortal] frame;
He remembers that we are [merely] dust.
General references
Isaiah 38:10
I said, “In mid-life
I am to go through the gates of Sheol (the place of the dead),
I am to be summoned, deprived of the remainder of my years.”
I said, “In mid-life
I am to go through the gates of Sheol (the place of the dead),
I am to be summoned, deprived of the remainder of my years.”
Lamentations 3:18
So I say, “My strength has perished
And so has my hope and expectation from the Lord.”
So I say, “My strength has perished
And so has my hope and expectation from the Lord.”