Job 9:25-27

International Standard Version

²⁵ “My days pass faster than a runner;
    but they pass quickly without seeing anything good.
²⁶ They pass by like a ship made of reeds,
    like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
²⁷ If I were to say, ‘Let me forget my complaint,’
    change^[a] the expression on^[b] my face, and look cheerful,