Job 17:1

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My spirit is broken, my days have faded away, and the grave is ready for me.

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  • Ps 88:3-5 : 3 Let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry. 4 For my soul is filled with troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol. 5 I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am like a man without strength.
  • Isa 38:10-14 : 10 I said, "In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol; I am deprived of the rest of my years." 11 I said, "I will not see the LORD, the LORD, in the land of the living; I will no longer look on humanity or be with those who dwell in the world of the dead." 12 My dwelling is pulled up and taken from me, like a shepherd's tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver rolls a cloth; He cuts me off from the loom. Day and night You bring me to an end. 13 I have calmed myself until morning; like a lion, He breaks all my bones. Day and night You bring me to an end. 14 I chirp like a swift or a crane, I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look to the heavens. Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.
  • Isa 57:16 : 16 I will not accuse forever, nor will I always be angry, for then the spirit would faint before me—the breath of life that I created.
  • Job 6:11 : 11 What is my strength, that I should hope? What is my end, that I should prolong my life?
  • Job 17:13-14 : 13 If I hope for Sheol as my home, and I make my bed in darkness, 14 and I call the pit my father, and the worm my mother and sister,
  • Job 19:17 : 17 My breath is offensive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own children.
  • Job 42:16 : 16 After this, Job lived 140 years and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.

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