"Why is light given to him who is in misery, And life to the bitter of soul,

Who rejoice exceedingly, [And] are glad when they can find the grave?

That it would please God to crush me, That He would loose His hand and cut me off!

"My soul loathes my life; I will give free course to my complaint, I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

And Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth; if Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth, like these [who are] the daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?"

But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he prayed that he might die, and said, "It is enough! Now, LORD, take my life, for I [am] no better than my fathers!"

"Therefore now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for [it is] better for me to die than to live!"

And it happened, when the sun arose, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah's head, so that he grew faint. Then he wished death for himself, and said, "[It is] better for me to die than to live."

Are not my days few? Cease! Leave me alone, that I may take a little comfort,

Look away from him that he may rest, Till like a hired man he finishes his day.

Remove Your plague from me; I am consumed by the blow of Your hand.

Remove Your gaze from me, that I may regain strength, Before I go away and am no more."

Surely men of low degree [are] a vapor, Men of high degree [are] a lie; If they are weighed on the scales, They [are] altogether [lighter] than vapor.

Therefore their days He consumed in futility, And their years in fear.

Man is like a breath; His days [are] like a passing shadow.

Since there are many things that increase vanity, How [is] man the better?

For who knows what [is] good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he passes like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will happen after him under the sun?