25 My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good. 26 They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey. 27 If I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,’
Job 9:25–27
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Job 7:5–7
5 My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering. 6 My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope. 7 Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.
Job 17:10–12
10 But come back and try again, all of you. For I will not find a wise man among you. 11 My days have passed; my plans are broken off— even the desires of my heart. 12 They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness.
Wisdom of Solomon 5:8–10
8 What did our arrogance profit us? What good have riches and boasting brought us? (WEB) 9 Those things all passed away as a shadow, like a rumor that runs by, (WEB) 10 like a ship passing through the billowy water, which, when it has gone by, there is no trace to be found, no pa… (WEB)
Job 9:10–12
10 He does great things beyond searching out, and wonders without number. 11 Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; were He to move, I would not recognize Him. 12 If He takes away, who can stop Him? Who dares to ask Him, ‘What are You doing?’
Job 17:1–2
1 “My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me. 2 Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.
Psalms 109:22–24
22 For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me. 23 I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust. 24 My knees are weak from fasting, and my body grows lean and gaunt.
Job 11:15–17
15 then indeed you will lift up your face without shame; you will stand firm and unafraid. 16 For you will forget your misery, recalling it only as waters gone by. 17 Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.
Psalms 144:3–5
3 O LORD, what is man, that You regard him, the son of man that You think of him? 4 Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow. 5 Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.
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