I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.
Even when I cry out and plead for help, he blocks out my prayer.
We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.
so that he detests bread, and his soul despises his favourite food.
Will you ever look away from me, or leave me alone long enough to swallow?
I refuse to touch them; they are like contaminated food.
Now my life is poured out before me, and days of suffering have seized me.
When they gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out in the Lord’s presence. They fasted that day, and there they confessed, ‘We have sinned against the Lord.’ And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.