Job 7:19

depart from me lit. look away from me; an impatient demand that God would turn away His plaguing glance; cf. "watcher of men," Job 7:20.

swallow down my spittle A proverbial phrase like "twinkling of an eye," signifying a moment, as we might say "till I let over"; cf. "draw my breath," ch. Job 9:18. To let one swallow his spittle is to give him a moment's respite or time. The phrase is not unusual among the Arabs. In De Sacy's Notes to Hariri, p. 164, a person tells the following: "I said to one of my Sheichs (teachers), Let me swallow my spittle; to which he replied, I will let you swallow the two Confluents (the Tigris and Euphrates)."