Job 10:20
“Would He not let my few days alone,
Withdraw from me that I may have a little cheer
Job 14:1
Is short-lived and full of turmoil.
Psalm 39:13
“O look away from me, that I may smile and again know joy
Before I depart and am no more.”
Job 7:6-7
“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,
And are spent without hope.
Job 7:16-21
“I waste away and loathe my life; I will not live forever.
Let me alone, for my days are but a breath [futile and without substance].
Job 8:9
“For we are only of yesterday and know nothing,
Because our days on earth are [like] a shadow [just a breath or a vapor].
Job 9:25-26
“Now my days are swifter than a runner;
They vanish, they see no good.
Job 13:21
Withdraw Your hand from me and remove this bodily suffering,
And let not the dread of You terrify 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]!
Psalm 103:15-16
As for man, his days are like grass;
Like a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
My days few
Cease
Bible References
My days few
“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,
And are spent without hope.
“For we are only of yesterday and know nothing,
Because our days on earth are [like] a shadow [just a breath or a vapor].
“Now my days are swifter than a runner;
They vanish, they see no good.
Is short-lived and full of turmoil.
“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]!
As for man, his days are like grass;
Like a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
Cease
“What is man that You [should] magnify him [and think him important]?
And that You are concerned about him?
Withdraw Your hand from me and remove this bodily suffering,
And let not the dread of You terrify me.
“O look away from me, that I may smile and again know joy
Before I depart and am no more.”