1Is there not an appointed time to man vpon earth? and are not his dayes as the dayes of an hyreling?

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Psalms 39:4, Psalms 39:4, Job 14:5, Job 14:6, Job 14:5

2As a seruant longeth for the shadowe, and as an hyreling looketh for the ende of his worke,

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Leviticus 19:13, Leviticus 19:13, Deuteronomy 24:15, Deuteronomy 24:15, James 5:4

3So haue I had as an inheritance the moneths of vanitie, and painefull nights haue bene appointed vnto me.

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Psalms 6:6, Psalms 6:6, Ecclesiastes 1:14, Ecclesiastes 1:14, Job 29:2

4If I layed me downe, I sayde, When shall I arise? and measuring the euening I am euen full with tossing to and from vnto the dawning of the day.

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Deuteronomy 28:67, Deuteronomy 28:67, Job 7:13, Job 7:14, Job 7:13

5My flesh is clothed with wormes and filthinesse of the dust: my skinne is rent, and become horrible.

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Job 17:14, Isaiah 14:11, Job 17:14, Isaiah 14:11, Job 2:7

6My dayes are swifter then a weauers shittle, and they are spent without hope.

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Job 9:25, Job 9:25, Job 17:15, Job 17:15, Isaiah 40:6

7Remember that my life is but a wind, and that mine eye shall not returne to see pleasure.

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James 4:14, James 4:14, Psalms 78:39, Psalms 78:39, Jeremiah 15:15

8The eye that hath seene me, shall see me no more: thine eyes are vpon me, and I shall be no longer.

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Job 20:9, Job 20:9, Psalms 37:36, Psalms 37:36, Psalms 90:8

9As the cloude vanisheth and goeth away, so he that goeth downe to the graue, shall come vp no more.

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2 Samuel 14:14, 2 Samuel 14:14, Job 16:22, Job 30:15, Job 14:10

10He shall returne no more to his house, neither shall his place knowe him any more.

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Job 8:18, Job 8:18, Psalms 103:16, Job 20:9, Psalms 103:16

11Therefore I will not spare my mouth, but will speake in the trouble of my spirite, and muse in the bitternesse of my minde.

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Psalms 40:9, Psalms 40:9, Job 10:1, 1 Samuel 1:10, Job 10:1

12Am I a sea or a whalefish, that thou keepest me in warde?

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Job 7:17, Ezekiel 32:2, Ezekiel 32:3, Job 38:6, Job 38:11

13When I say, My couch shall relieue me, and my bed shall bring comfort in my meditation,

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Psalms 6:6, Psalms 6:6, Job 7:3, Job 7:4, Psalms 77:4

14Then fearest thou me with dreames, and astonishest me with visions.

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Genesis 40:5, Genesis 40:7, Genesis 41:8, Daniel 2:1, Genesis 40:5

15Therefore my soule chuseth rather to be strangled and to die, then to be in my bones.

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2 Samuel 17:23, Matthew 27:5, 2 Samuel 17:23, Matthew 27:5

16I abhorre it, I shall not liue alway: spare me then, for my dayes are but vanitie.

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1 Kings 19:4, Job 10:1, 1 Kings 19:4, Job 10:1, Jonah 4:8

17What is man, that thou doest magnifie him, and that thou settest thine heart vpon him?

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Hebrews 2:6, Hebrews 2:6, Psalms 8:4, Psalms 8:4, Psalms 144:3

18And doest visite him euery morning, and tryest him euery moment?

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Isaiah 38:12, Isaiah 38:13, 1 Peter 1:7, Jeremiah 9:7, Isaiah 38:12

19Howe long will it be yer thou depart from me? thou wilt not let me alone whiles I may swallowe my spettle.

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Job 9:18, Job 9:18, Psalms 13:1, Psalms 13:3, Job 14:6

20I haue sinned, what shall I do vnto thee? O thou preseruer of me, why hast thou set me as a marke against thee, so that I am a burden vnto my selfe?

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Lamentations 3:12, Lamentations 3:12, Job 3:24, Job 7:11, Job 7:12

21And why doest thou not pardon my trespasse? and take away mine iniquitie? for nowe shall I sleepe in the dust, and if thou seekest me in the morning, I shall not be found.

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Daniel 12:2, Job 10:14, Daniel 12:2, Job 10:14, Isaiah 64:9