Quotes About Existence

as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,

For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.

The ocean depths say, ëIt is not in me,í while the sea declares, ëIt is not with me.í

Abaddon and Death say, ëWe have heard a rumor about it.í

Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.

I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of ostriches.

what will I do when God rises to judge? How will I answer when called to account?

The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

His flesh wastes away from sight, and his hidden bones protrude.

Who gave Him charge over the earth? Who appointed Him over the whole world?

If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath,

all flesh would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.

Should He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be swallowed up?

Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.

On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone,

In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place,

Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?

Have you surveyed the extent of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this.

Where is the way to the home of light? Do you know where darkness resides,

Surely you know, for you were already born! And the number of your days is great!

Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth?

Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.

For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?