You write down cruel things against me and make me suffer for my boyhood sins.
The woman said to Elijah, “Man of God, what have you done to me? Did you come here to remind me of my sin and to kill my son?”
They had the strength of their youth in their bones, but it will lie with them in the dust of death.
“Why is light given to those in misery? Why is life given to those who are so unhappy?
He would not let me catch my breath but would overwhelm me with misery.
Do not remember the sins and wrong things I did when I was young. But remember to love me always because you are good, Lord.
Lord, after I wandered away from you, I changed my heart and life. After I understood, I beat my breast with sorrow. I was ashamed and disgraced, because I suffered for the foolish things I did when I was young.’
Later, Jesus found the man at the Temple and said to him, “See, you are well now. Stop sinning so that something worse does not happen to you.”
A man was lying there who had been sick for thirty-eight years.
Naomi answered the people, “Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life very sad.