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

¹⁰ But a man dies and is laid low;^(A)
    he breathes his last and is no more.^(B)
11 As the water of a lake dries up
    or a riverbed becomes parched and dry,^(C)
12 so he lies down and does not rise;^(D)
    till the heavens are no more,^(E) people will not awake
    or be roused from their sleep.^(F)

⁵ A person’s days are determined;^(A)
    you have decreed the number of his months^(B)
    and have set limits he cannot exceed.^(C)
6 So look away from him and let him alone,^(D)
    till he has put in his time like a hired laborer.^(E)

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 before I go to the place of no return,^(E)
    to the land of gloom and utter darkness,^(F)

¹⁹ Will you never look away from me,^(A)
    or let me alone even for an instant?^(B)