Job 3:20
“Why is the light given to him who is in misery,
And life to the bitter in soul,
Job 7:15-16
So that I would choose suffocation,
Death rather than my
Jeremiah 20:18
Why did I come out of the womb
To see trouble and sorrow,
So that my days have been filled with shame?
1 Samuel 1:10
Hannah was
Proverbs 31:6
Give strong drink [as medicine] to him who is ready to pass away,
And wine to him whose life is bitter.
2 Kings 4:27
When she came to the mountain to the man of God, she took hold of his feet. Gehazi approached to push her away; but the man of God said, “Let her alone, for her soul is desperate and troubled within her; and the Lord has hidden the reason from me and has not told me.”
Job 3:16
“Or like a miscarriage which is hidden and put away, I would not exist,
Like infants who never saw light.
Job 6:9
“I wish that it would please God to crush me,
That He would let loose His hand and cut me off.
Job 33:28
‘God has redeemed my life from going to the pit [of destruction],
And my life shall see the light.’”
Job 33:30
To bring his life back from the pit [of destruction],
That he may be enlightened with the light of the living.
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Wherefore
The bitter
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Wherefore
“I wish that it would please God to crush me,
That He would let loose His hand and cut me off.
So that I would choose suffocation,
Death rather than my
Why did I come out of the womb
To see trouble and sorrow,
So that my days have been filled with shame?
Light
“Or like a miscarriage which is hidden and put away, I would not exist,
Like infants who never saw light.
‘God has redeemed my life from going to the pit [of destruction],
And my life shall see the light.’”
The bitter
So that I would choose suffocation,
Death rather than my
Give strong drink [as medicine] to him who is ready to pass away,
And wine to him whose life is bitter.