Job 3:20

The Scriptures 1998

Why does He give light to the sufferer, and life to the bitter of being,

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Why did I come forth from the womb to see toil and sorrow, and spend my days in shame?

Give strong drink to him who is perishing, And wine to those embittered in being.

And she was bitter in life, and prayed to יהוה and wept greatly.

to bring back his being from the Pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.

That it would please Eloah to crush me, loose His hand and cut me off!

or as a hidden untimely birth, as infants who never saw light?

And she came to the man of Elohim at the hill, and she caught him by the feet, but Gĕ

He has redeemed my being from going down to the Pit, and my life sees the light.

The small and great are there, and the servant is free from his master.