And if You do thus to me, slay me utterly, if I have found favor with You, that I may not see my affliction.

And he himself went a day's journey in the wilderness, and came and sat under a juniper tree; and asked concerning his life that he might die, and said, Let it be enough now, O Lord, take my life from me, I pray, for I am no better than my fathers.

For why is light given to those who are in bitterness, and life to those souls which are in grief?

and would be very joyful if they should gain it?

You will separate life from my spirit; and yet [keep] my bones from death.

For I shall not live forever, that I should patiently endure: depart from me, for my life is vain.

Oh that You had kept me in the grave, and had hidden me until Your wrath should cease, and You should set me a time in which You would remember me!

Cursed be the day in which I was born! Let the day not be blessed in which my mother bore me!

Let that man rejoice as the cities which the Lord overthrew in wrath, and repented not: let him hear crying in the morning, and loud lamentation at noon;

Why is it that I came forth from the womb to see troubles and distresses, and my days are spent in shame?

And now, Lord God, take my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.

And it came to pass at the rising of the sun, that God commanded a burning east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, and he fainted, and despaired of his life, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.

For I am hard pressed by the two, having a desire to depart and to be with Christ, which is far better.

And having been persuaded of this, I know that I shall remain and continue with you all for your progress and joy in the faith,

I beheld all the works that were done under the sun; and indeed, all is vanity and grasping for the wind.

And moreover I saw under the sun: [In] the place of judgment, wickedness [was] there; and in the place of righteousness, there was godliness.

And the Spirit lifted me, and took me up, and I went in the impulse of my spirit; and the hand of the Lord was mighty upon me.

Why have You shown me troubles and grievances to look upon, misery and ungodliness? Judgment is before me, and the judge receives a reward.

And I looked on all my works which my hands had done, and on my labor which I labored to perform, and behold, all was vanity and grasping for the wind, and there is no advantage under the sun.

For it happens to a man in all his labor, and in the purpose of his heart in which he labors under the sun.

The sight of the eyes is better than that which wanders in soul. This is also vanity, and grasping for the wind.

Remember what my being is; for have You created all the sons of men in vain?