14. then You scare me with dreamsand terrify me with visions,
15. so that my soul chooses strangling,even death rather than my life.
16. I loathe my life; I would not live forever;let me alone, for my days are emptiness.
17. “What is man, that You should exalt him,and that You should set Your heart on him,
18. and that You should visit him every morning,and test him every moment?
19. How long until You look away from me?Will You not let me alone until I swallow my saliva?
20. Have I sinned? What am I doing to You,O You watcher of men?Why have You set me as Your target,so that I am a burden to myself?
21. And why do You not pardon my transgressionand take away my iniquity?For now I will lie down in the dust;and You will seek me diligently, but I will not be.”