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Isaiah 38:10-14
I said,“ In the prime of my life must I go through the gates of death and be robbed of the rest of my years?”I said,“ I will not again see the Lord himself in the land of the living; no longer will I look on my fellow man, or be with those who now dwell in this world.Like a shepherd’s tent my house has been pulled down and taken from me. Like a weaver I have rolled up my life, and he has cut me off from the loom; day and night you made an end of me.I waited patiently till dawn, but like a lion he broke all my bones; day and night you made an end of me.I cried like a swift or thrush, I moaned like a mourning dove. My eyes grew weak as I looked to the heavens. I am being threatened; Lord, come to my aid!”
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Psalms 88:3-5
I am overwhelmed with troubles and my life draws near to death.I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am like one without strength.I am set apart with the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more, who are cut off from your care.
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Job 17:13-14
If the only home I hope for is the grave, if I spread out my bed in the realm of darkness,if I say to corruption,‘ You are my father,’ and to the worm,‘ My mother’ or‘ My sister,’
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Job 19:17
My breath is offensive to my wife; I am loathsome to my own family.
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Job 42:16
After this, Job lived a hundred and forty years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.
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Isaiah 57:16
I will not accuse them forever, nor will I always be angry, for then they would faint away because of me— the very people I have created.
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Job 6:11
“ What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What prospects, that I should be patient?
