Psalm 102:24 pleads not to be taken away in midlife—contrasting the psalmist's request to depart. Both cry out about life's brevity but with opposite desires.

Job 10:20 uses nearly identical language — 'cease... that I may smile a little' — echoing the same plea for relief before death.

Job 10:21 continues the thought, describing death as a land of darkness and no return, paralleling Psalm 39:13's 'depart and am no more'.

Job 14:6 asks God to 'look away' so the person may rest, directly paralleling Psalm 39:13's request to 'look away from me'.

Job 14:10-12 elaborates on death's finality — man lies down and rises not — echoing Psalm 39:13's 'depart and am no more'.

Job 7:9 uses the same cloud-vanishing metaphor for death's finality, echoing the psalmist's plea to be left alone before he departs.

Job 7:16 similarly begs to be left alone, calling life a breath—directly parallel to the psalmist's desire to smile again before ceasing.

Jeremiah 15:15 asks God to remember him and not take him away—opposite to the psalmist's plea to be left alone to die. Both are desperate prayers.

Job 14:5 affirms that God has determined the length of life, which underlies the plea in Psalm 39:13 for a smile before the appointed end.

Genesis 5:24 describes Enoch being taken by God without death, contrasting with Psalm 39:13's expectation of death and departure.

Job 4:20 describes life as fleeting, 'perish forever' — a parallel to Psalm 39:13's awareness of life's brevity.