“My(A) days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,
And are spent without hope.

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“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,(A)
    and they come to an end without hope.(B)

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My Life Is But a Breath[a]

“My days pass more swiftly than a weaver’s shuttle,
    and they come to an end without a glimmer of hope.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 7:6 Regret for the happiness that has vanished too soon and fear of the netherworld haunt the sick man. He feels that he is, so to speak, hunted by God.

My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.

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