And Satan answered LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man has he will give for his life.

And LORD said to Satan, Behold, he is in thy hand, only spare his life.

Why is light given to him who is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul,

At destruction and dearth thou shall laugh, nor shall thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

O remember that my life is a breath. My eye shall no more see good.

I loathe [my life]. I would not live always. Let me alone, for my days are vanity.

Though I were perfect, I do not regard myself. I despise my life.

If the scourge kills suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.

My soul is weary of my life. I will give free reign to my complaint. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

Thou have granted me life and loving kindness, and thy visitation has preserved my spirit.

And [thy] life shall be clearer than the noonday. Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.

Why should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?

Will thou harass a driven leaf? And will thou pursue the dry stubble?

If a man dies, shall he live [again]? All the days of my warfare I would wait till my release should come.

Why do the wicked live, become old, yea, grow mighty in power?

The righteous see it, and are glad. And the innocent laugh them to scorn,

Yet [God] preserves the mighty by his power. He rises up who has no assurance of life.

(For my life is yet whole in me. And the spirit of God is in my nostrils.)

I hold fast my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart shall not reproach [me] so long as I live.

(yea, I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse);

The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

He keeps back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.

so that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food.

Yea, his soul draws near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.

He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit, and my life shall behold the light.

He does not preserve the life of the wicked, but gives to the afflicted [their] right.

They die in youth, and their life [perishes] among the unclean.

The wings of the ostrich wave proudly, [but] are they the pinions and plumage of love?