en_tn_condensed/job/07/16.md

Connecting Statement:

The writer continues to use parallelism in 7:16-18 to emphasize the impact of Job's misery on his sense of self worth. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/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"