Job 7:16
“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 10:1
I will give free expression to my complaint;
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 6:9
“I wish that it would please God to crush me,
That He would let loose His hand and cut me off.
Job 9:21
“[Though] I am blameless,
I do not care about myself;
I despise my life.
Job 10:20
“Would He not let my few days alone,
Withdraw from me that I may have a little cheer
Job 14:6
“[O God] turn your gaze from him so that he may rest,
Until he fulfills his day [on earth] like a hired man.
Psalm 39:13
“O look away from me, that I may smile and again know joy
Before I depart and am no more.”
Genesis 27:46
Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am tired of living because of the daughters of Heth [these insolent wives of Esau]. If Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth, like these daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?”
1 Kings 19:4
But he himself traveled a day’s journey into the wilderness, and he came and sat down under a juniper tree and asked [God] that he might die. He said, “It is enough; now, O Lord, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”
Job 3:20-22
“Why is the light given to him who is in misery,
And life to the bitter in soul,
Psalm 39:10
“Remove Your plague from me;
I am wasting away because of the conflict and opposition of Your hand.
Psalm 62:9
Men of low degree are only a breath (emptiness), and men of [high] rank are a lie (delusion).
In the balances they go up [because they have no measurable weight or value];
They are together lighter than a breath.
Psalm 78:33
Therefore He consumed their days like a breath [in emptiness and futility]
And their years in sudden terror.
Psalm 144:4
Man is like a mere breath;
His days are like a shadow that passes away.
Ecclesiastes 6:11-12
For there are many other words that increase futility. What then is the advantage for a man?
Jonah 4:3
Therefore now, O Lord, just take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
Jonah 4:8
When the sun came up God prepared a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he fainted and he wished to die, and said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
I loathe it
Let me alone
Bible References
I loathe it
“Why is the light given to him who is in misery,
And life to the bitter in soul,
“I wish that it would please God to crush me,
That He would let loose His hand and cut me off.
I will give free expression to my complaint;
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Let me alone
“Would He not let my few days alone,
Withdraw from me that I may have a little cheer
“[O God] turn your gaze from him so that he may rest,
Until he fulfills his day [on earth] like a hired man.
“Remove Your plague from me;
I am wasting away because of the conflict and opposition of Your hand.
My days
Men of low degree are only a breath (emptiness), and men of [high] rank are a lie (delusion).
In the balances they go up [because they have no measurable weight or value];
They are together lighter than a breath.
Therefore He consumed their days like a breath [in emptiness and futility]
And their years in sudden terror.
Man is like a mere breath;
His days are like a shadow that passes away.