¹⁹ Will You ever look away from me,
or leave me alone long enough to swallow?^[a]

²⁰ Are my days not few? Stop it!^[a]
Leave me alone, so that I can smile a little
²¹ before I go to a land of darkness and gloom,^(A)
never to return.

²⁴ I say: “My God, do not take me
in the middle of my life!^[a]
Your years continue through all generations.^(A)