“I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.”
Job expresses loathing of his life and declares that he would not live forever, preferring to be left alone since his days are empty. The assertion that he will not live forever moves from wishful thinking to confident assertion: his days are few, and he will soon be dead. The plea to be left alone suggests that even the consciousness of suffering itself becomes unbearable.
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