Job 9:18
He won't let me catch my breath; instead, he fills me with bitterness.
Job 7:19
Why won't you look away from me? Why don't you leave me alone so I can swallow my saliva?
Job 3:20
"Why does God give light to the sufferer or life to the bitter person:
Job 27:2
"The living God has withheld justice from me; the Almighty has made my life bitter.
Psalm 39:13
Stop looking at me with chastisement, so I can smile again, before I depart and am no more. To the Director: A Davidic Psalm.
Psalm 88:7
Your anger lies heavily upon me; you pound me with all your waves. Interlude
Psalm 88:15-18
Since my youth I have been oppressed and in danger of death. I bear your dread and am overwhelmed.
Lamentations 3:3
He truly turned his hand against me, again and again, all day long.
Lamentations 3:15
He has filled me with bitterness, making me drink wormwood.
Lamentations 3:18-19
So I say, "My strength is gone as is my hope in the LORD."
Hebrews 12:11
No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, for those who have been trained by it, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace.