Job 9:18


“He will not allow me to catch my breath,
But fills and saturates me with bitterness.

Job 7:19


“Will You never turn Your gaze away from me [it plagues me],
Nor let me alone until I swallow my spittle?

Job 3:20


“Why is the light given to him who is in misery,
And life to the bitter in soul,

Job 27:2


“As God lives, who has taken away my right and denied me justice,
And the Almighty, who has caused bitterness and grief for my soul,

Psalm 39:13


“O look away from me, that I may smile and again know joy
Before I depart and am no more.”

Psalm 88:7


Your wrath has rested heavily upon me,
And You have afflicted me with all Your waves. Selah.

Psalm 88:15-18


I was afflicted and close to death from my youth on;
I suffer Your terrors; I am overcome.

Lamentations 3:3


Surely He has turned His hand against me
Repeatedly all the day.

Lamentations 3:15


He has filled me with bitterness;
He has made me drunk with wormwood (bitterness).

Lamentations 3:18-19


So I say, “My strength has perished
And so has my hope and expectation from the Lord.”

Hebrews 12:11

For the time being no discipline brings joy, but seems sad and painful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness [right standing with God and a lifestyle and attitude that seeks conformity to God’s will and purpose].

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.

Bible References

Will not

Job 7:19

“Will You never turn Your gaze away from me [it plagues me],
Nor let me alone until I swallow my spittle?
Psalm 39:13

“O look away from me, that I may smile and again know joy
Before I depart and am no more.”
Psalm 88:7

Your wrath has rested heavily upon me,
And You have afflicted me with all Your waves. Selah.
Lamentations 3:3

Surely He has turned His hand against me
Repeatedly all the day.

Filleth me

Job 3:20

“Why is the light given to him who is in misery,
And life to the bitter in soul,
Lamentations 3:15

He has filled me with bitterness;
He has made me drunk with wormwood (bitterness).
Hebrews 12:11
For the time being no discipline brings joy, but seems sad and painful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness [right standing with God and a lifestyle and attitude that seeks conformity to God’s will and purpose].