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].