^{16 Ref} I loathe `my life'; I would not live alway: Let me alone; for my days are vanity.

^{17 Ref} What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him, And that thou shouldest set thy mind upon him,

^{18 Ref} And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, And try him every moment?

^{19 Ref} How long wilt thou not look away from me, Nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

^{20 Ref} If I have sinned, what do I unto thee, O thou watcher of men? Why hast thou set me as a mark for thee, So that I am a burden to myself?

^{21 Ref} And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; And thou wilt seek me diligently, but I shall not be.