He would not let me catch my breath but would overwhelm me with misery.
The few days of my life are almost over. Leave me alone so I can have a moment of joy.
You write down cruel things against me and make me suffer for my boyhood sins.
“As surely as God lives, who has taken away my rights, the Almighty, who has made me unhappy,
“Why is light given to those in misery? Why is life given to those who are so unhappy?
Will you never look away from me or leave me alone even long enough to swallow?
Leave me alone so I can be happy before I leave and am no more.”
You have been very angry with me; all your waves crush me.Selah
Instead, they were stubborn and followed the Baals, as their ancestors taught them to do.
The Lord filled me with misery; he made me drunk with suffering.
He turned his hand against me again and again, all day long.
We do not enjoy being disciplined. It is painful at the time, but later, after we have learned from it, we have peace, because we start living in the right way.
Naomi answered the people, “Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life very sad.