Psalm 102:23-24

He broke my strength in midlife,

    cutting short my days.

But I cried to him, "O my God, who lives forever,

    don't take my life while I am so young!"

 

He broke my strength in midlife, cutting short my days.

Job 7:7 

"O God, remember that my life is but a breath,

    and I will never again feel happiness."  (see all chapter 7)

Job 10:20-21  

"I have only a few days left, so leave me alone,

    that I may have a moment of comfort

before I leave--never to return--

    for the land of darkness and gloom."  (see all chapter 10)

Job 14:1  

"How frail is humanity!

    How short is life, how full of trouble!"  (see all chapter 14)

Psalm 39:5  

"You have made my life no longer than the width of my hand.

    My entire lifetime is just a moment to you;

    at best, each of us is but a breath."  (see all Psalm 39)

Ecclesiastes 6:12  In the few days of our meaningless lives, who knows how our days can best be spent? Our lives are like a shadow. Who can tell what will happen on this earth after we are gone?  (see all chapter 6)

Ecclesiastes 7:15  I have seen everything in this meaningless life, including the death of good young people and the long life of wicked people.  

(see all chapter 7)

 

But I cried to him, "O my God, who lives forever, don't take my life while I am so young!"   

Job 36:26  

"Look, God is greater than we can understand.

    His years cannot be counted."  (see verses 22-33)

Psalm 45:6  

Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever. 

    You rule with a scepter of justice.  (see all Psalm 45)

Isaiah 40:28  

Have you never heard?

    Have you never understood?

The LORD is the everlasting God, 

    the Creator of all the earth.

He never grows weak or weary.

    No one can measure the depths of his understanding.  (see verses 21-31)

Jeremiah 10:10  

But the LORD is the only true God.

    He is the living God and the everlasting King!

The whole earth trembles at his anger.

    The nations cannot stand up to his wrath.  (see verses 1-16)

Habakkuk 1:12  
O LORD my God, my Holy One, you who are eternal--

    surely you do not plan to wipe us out?

O LORD our Rock, you have sent these Babylonians to correct us,

    to punish us for our many sins.  (see all chapter 1)

Habakkuk 3:6  

When he stops, the earth shakes.

    When he looks, the nations tremble.

He shatters the everlasting mountains

    and levels the eternal hills

    He is the Eternal One!  (see all chapter 3)

 

(parentheses are mine)

 

Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright ©1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. Limited to 15 verses per post