“What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?”

Job 7:17 (KJV) |

Job 7:17

From Job 7, in the Book of Job (Old Testament).

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15

So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.

16

I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.

17

What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

18

And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?

19

How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

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