'Vexation' in the Bible

“For anger slays the foolish man,And jealousy kills the simple (naive).

“Oh, that my grief could actually be weighedAnd placed in the balances together with my tragedy [to see if my grief is the grief of a coward]!

You have seen it, for You have noted mischief and vexation (irritation) to take it into Your hand.The unfortunate commits himself to You;You are the helper of the fatherless.

For the wicked cannot sleep unless they do evil;And they are deprived of sleep unless they make someone stumble and fall.

Who perversely in his heart plots trouble and evil continually;Who spreads discord and strife.

Great and priceless treasure is in the house of the [consistently] righteous one [who seeks godly instruction and grows in wisdom],But trouble is in the income of the wicked one [who rejects the laws of God].

It is better to dwell in a desert landThan with a contentious and troublesome woman.

For their minds plot violence,And their lips talk of trouble [for the innocent].

For in much [human] wisdom there is much displeasure and exasperation; increasing knowledge increases sorrow.

For what does a man get from all his labor and from the striving and sorrow of his heart with which he labors under the sun?

For all his days his work is painful and sorrowful; even at night his mind does not rest. This too is vanity (worthless).

Do not be eager in your heart to be angry,For anger dwells in the heart of fools.

Therefore, remove sorrow and anger from your heart and put away pain from your body, for childhood and the prime of life are fleeting.

“Indeed, My servants will shout for joy from a happy heart,But you will cry out with a heavy heart,And you shall wail and howl from a broken spirit.

Do they offend and provoke Me to anger?” says the Lord. “Is it not themselves [they offend], to their own shame?”