¹⁶ I despise my life;^(A) I would not live forever.^(B)
    Let me alone;^(C) my days have no meaning.^(D)

10 “I loathe my very life;^(A)
    therefore I will give free rein to my complaint
    and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.^(B)

¹³ Look away from me, that I may enjoy life again
    before I depart and am no more.”^(A)

⁶ So look away from him and let him alone,^(A)
    till he has put in his time like a hired laborer.^(B)

²⁰ Are not my few days^(A) almost over?^(B)
    Turn away from me^(C) so I can have a moment’s joy^(D)

²¹ “Although I am blameless,^(A)
    I have no concern for myself;^(B)
    I despise my own life.^(C)

⁹ that God would be willing to crush^(A) me,
    to let loose his hand and cut off my life!^(B)