Job 3:20
Why is light given to those in misery, and life to the bitter in heart?
Job 7:15-16
I would rather die of strangulation than go on and on like this.
Jeremiah 20:18
Why did I ever come forth from the womb to look on trouble and sorrow? My days have been spent in shame!
1 Samuel 1:10
Hannah was filled with grief and wept bitterly. She prayed and pledged an oath to Jehovah:
Proverbs 31:6
Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish, and wine to those who are bitter.
2 Kings 4:27
but when she came to Elisha, she bowed down before him and took hold of his feet. Gehazi was about to push her away. Elisha said: Do not bother her. You can see she is deeply distressed. Jehovah has not told me a thing about it.
Job 3:16
Why was I not hidden in the ground like a stillborn child, like an infant who never saw the light of day?
Job 6:9
Oh that God would be willing to crush me, to let loose his hand and cut me off!
Job 33:28
He redeemed me from going down to the pit, and I will live to enjoy the light.
Job 33:30
He turns him back from the pit that the light of life may shine on him.