« mine eye is dim by reason of sorrow,
and all my members are as a shadow »
(Job 17:7)
« my days are past,
my purposes are broken off,
even the thoughts of my heart »
(Job 17:11)


« and where is now my hope ?
as for my hope, who shall see it ? »
(Job 17:15)


« they change the night into day :
the light is short because of darkness.
if i wait, the grave is mine house :
i have made my bed in the darkness »
(Job 17:12-13)


« i have said to corruption,
Thou art my father :
to the worm,
Thou art my mother, and my sister »