Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Afflictions of the The Wicked » Are continual
“The wicked man writhes with pain all his days,
And numbered are the years stored up for him, the ruthless one.
For all his days his work is painful and sorrowful; even at night his mind does not rest. This too is vanity (worthless).
Verse Concepts
In little more than a year
You will tremble [with anxiety], you unsuspecting and complacent women;
For the vintage has ended,
And the harvest will not come.
Distress » Sorrow » Common to all men
You who have shown
Will revive and renew me again,
And will bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
Is short-lived and full of turmoil.
For all his days his work is painful and sorrowful; even at night his mind does not rest. This too is vanity (worthless).
Verse Concepts
“But his body [lamenting its decay] grieves in pain over it,
And his soul mourns over [the loss of] himself.”
“For man is born for trouble,
[As naturally] as sparks fly upward.
The cords and sorrows of death encompassed me,
And the terrors of Sheol came upon me;
I found distress and sorrow.
We waited for peace and salvation, but no good came,
And for a time of healing, but behold, terror!
Trouble » Common to all men
You who have shown
Will revive and renew me again,
And will bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
Is short-lived and full of turmoil.
For all his days his work is painful and sorrowful; even at night his mind does not rest. This too is vanity (worthless).
Verse Concepts
“But his body [lamenting its decay] grieves in pain over it,
And his soul mourns over [the loss of] himself.”
“For man is born for trouble,
[As naturally] as sparks fly upward.
The cords and sorrows of death encompassed me,
And the terrors of Sheol came upon me;
I found distress and sorrow.
We waited for peace and salvation, but no good came,
And for a time of healing, but behold, terror!