Job 10:1

Job Continues His Response To Bildad

¹ I am disgusted with my life.
I will express my complaint
and speak in the bitterness of my soul.
² I will say to God:
“Do not declare me guilty!
Let me know why You prosecute me.

Bitterness of My Soul

Put Forth

Job

Job 7:11

Therefore I will not restrain my mouth.
I will speak in the anguish of my spirit;
I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

1 Kings 19:4

but he went on a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. He said, “I have had enough! Lord, take my life, for I’m no better than my fathers.”

Numbers 11:15

If You are going to treat me like this, please kill me right now. If You are pleased with me, don’t let me see my misery anymore.”

Job 9:21

Though I am blameless,
I no longer care about myself;
I renounce my life.

Job 3:20-23

Why is light given to one burdened with grief,
and life to those whose existence is bitter,

Job 5:15-16

He saves the needy from their sharp words
and from the clutches of the powerful.

Job 5:20

In famine He will redeem you from death,
and in battle, from the power of the sword.

Job 6:2-4

If only my grief could be weighed
and my devastation placed with it in the scales.

Job 6:8-9

If only my request would be granted
and God would provide what I hope for:

Job 6:26

Do you think that you can disprove my words
or that a despairing man’s words are mere wind?

Job 7:16

I give up! I will not live forever.
Leave me alone, for my days are a breath.

Job 10:15-16

If I am wicked, woe to me!
And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head.
I am filled with shame
and aware of my affliction.

Job 14:13

If only You would hide me in Sheol
and conceal me until Your anger passes.
If only You would appoint a time for me
and then remember me.

Job 16:6-16

Even if I speak, my suffering is not relieved,
and if I hold back, what have I lost?

Job 19:4

Even if it is true that I have sinned,
my mistake concerns only me.

Job 21:2-4

Pay close attention to my words;
let this be the consolation you offer.

Psalm 32:3-5

When I kept silent, my bones became brittle
from my groaning all day long.

Isaiah 38:15

What can I say?
He has spoken to me,
and He Himself has done it.
I walk along slowly all my years
because of the bitterness of my soul,

Isaiah 38:17

Indeed, it was for my own welfare
that I had such great bitterness;
but Your love has delivered me
from the Pit of destruction,
for You have thrown all my sins behind Your back.

Jonah 4:3

And now, Lord, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”

Jonah 4:8

As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind. The sun beat down so much on Jonah’s head that he almost fainted, and he wanted to die. He said, “It’s better for me to die than to live.”