Job 6:11

“What is my strength, that I should wait?
And what is my end, that I should endure?

Job 7:5-7

“My flesh is clothed with worms and a crust of dirt,
My skin hardens and runs.

Job 10:20

“Would He not let my few days alone?
Withdraw from me that I may have a little cheer

Job 13:25

“Will You cause a driven leaf to tremble?
Or will You pursue the dry chaff?

Job 13:28

While I am decaying like a rotten thing,
Like a garment that is moth-eaten.

Job 17:1

“My spirit is broken, my days are extinguished,
The grave is ready for me.

Job 17:14-16

If I call to the pit, ‘You are my father’;
To the worm, ‘my mother and my sister’;

Job 21:4

“As for me, is my complaint to man?
And why should I not be impatient?

Psalm 39:5

“Behold, You have made my days as handbreadths,
And my lifetime as nothing in Your sight;
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath. Selah.

Psalm 90:5-10

You have swept them away like a flood, they fall asleep;
In the morning they are like grass which sprouts anew.

Psalm 102:23

He has weakened my strength in the way;
He has shortened my days.

Psalm 103:14-16

For He Himself knows our frame;
He is mindful that we are but dust.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?

General references

Bible References

What

Job 7:5
“My flesh is clothed with worms and a crust of dirt,
My skin hardens and runs.
Job 10:20
“Would He not let my few days alone?
Withdraw from me that I may have a little cheer
Job 13:25
“Will You cause a driven leaf to tremble?
Or will You pursue the dry chaff?
Job 17:1
“My spirit is broken, my days are extinguished,
The grave is ready for me.
Psalm 39:5
“Behold, You have made my days as handbreadths,
And my lifetime as nothing in Your sight;
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath. Selah.
Psalm 90:5
You have swept them away like a flood, they fall asleep;
In the morning they are like grass which sprouts anew.
Psalm 102:23
He has weakened my strength in the way;
He has shortened my days.
Psalm 103:14
For He Himself knows our frame;
He is mindful that we are but dust.

General references

Isaiah 38:10
I said, “In the middle of my life
I am to enter the gates of Sheol;
I am to be deprived of the rest of my years.”
Lamentations 3:18
So I say, “My strength has perished,
And so has my hope from the Lord.”