13. "If I say, 'My bed will comfort me, My couch will ease my complaint,'
14. Then You frighten me with dreams And terrify me by visions;
15. So that my soul would choose suffocation, Death rather than my pains.
16. "I waste away; I will not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
17. "What is man that You magnify him, And that You are concerned about him,
18. That You examine him every morning And try him every moment?
19. "Will You never turn Your gaze away from me, Nor let me alone until I swallow my spittle?