he will not let me get my breath, but fills me with bitterness.
How long wilt thou not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow my spittle?
He has filled me with bitterness, he has sated me with wormwood.
For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant; later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
surely against me he turns his hand again and again the whole day long.
Thy wrath lies heavy upon me, and thou dost overwhelm me with all thy waves. Selah
Look away from me, that I may know gladness, before I depart and be no more!”
“As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter;
“Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul,
Are not the days of my life few? Let me alone, that I may find a little comfort
For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me inherit the iniquities of my youth.
She said to them, “Do not call me Naomi, call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
but have stubbornly followed their own hearts and have gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.