“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.”
Job 7:6 (KJV) |
Job 7:6
From Job 7, in the Book of Job (Old Testament).
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When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.
My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.