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 dirty scabs; my skin is broken and festering.
Job 10:20
Are not my days few? Cease, then, and leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,
Job 13:25
Do you wish to torment a windblown leaf and chase after dry chaff?
Job 17:1
My spirit is broken, my days have faded out, the grave awaits me.
Psalm 39:5
Look, you make my days short-lived, and my life span is nothing from your perspective. Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor.
Psalm 90:5
You bring their lives to an end and they "fall asleep." In the morning they are like the grass that sprouts up;
Psalm 102:23
He has taken away my strength in the middle of life; he has cut short my days.
Psalm 103:14
For he knows what we are made of; he realizes we are made of clay.
General references
Isaiah 38:10
"I thought, 'In the middle of my life I must walk through the gates of Sheol, I am deprived of the rest of my years.'
Lamentations 3:18
So I said, "My endurance has expired; I have lost all hope of deliverance from the Lord."