# Connecting Statement:
The writer continues to use parallelism in these verses, conveying a single idea using two different statements to emphasize the impact of Job's misery on his sense of self worth. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
# I loathe my life
"I despise my life"
# to always be alive
"to live forever"
# my days are useless
"my days are pointless" or "the days of my life are empty"