15. So that I would choose strangling and death rather than these my bones.
16. I loathe my life; I would not live forever. Let me alone, for my days are a breath (futility).
17. What is man that You should magnify him and think him important? And that You should set Your mind upon him? [Ps. 8:4.]
18. And that You should visit him every morning and try him every moment?
19. How long will Your [plaguing] glance not look away from me, nor You let me alone till I swallow my spittle?
20. If I have sinned, what [harm] have I done You, O You Watcher and Keeper of men? Why have You set me as a mark for You, so that I am a burden to myself [and You]?