16 I give up! I will not live forever.
Leave me alone,(A) for my days are a breath.[a]

17 What is a mere human, that you think so highly of him
and pay so much attention to him?(B)
18 You inspect him every morning,
and put him to the test every moment.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 7:16 Or are futile

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

17 “What is mankind that you make so much of them,
    that you give them so much attention,(E)
18 that you examine them every morning(F)
    and test them(G) every moment?(H)

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