Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I {am} not better than my fathers. {for himself: Heb. for his life}

And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.

And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, {It is} better for me to die than to live. {vehement: or, silent}

{Though} I {were} perfect, {yet} would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.

But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword. {power: Heb. hands}

Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! {laid: Heb. lifted up}

O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter {in} soul;

When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.

Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul {delivered it} from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back. {for peace...: or, on my peace came great bitterness} {thou hast in...: Heb. thou hast loved my soul from the pit}

What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done {it}: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.

Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for {it is} better for me to die than to live.

If I be wicked, woe unto me; and {if} I be righteous, {yet} will I not lift up my head. {I am} full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;

I loathe {it}; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days {are} vanity.

Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.

Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant {me} the thing that I long for! {the thing...: Heb. my expectation}

Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and {though} I forbear, what am I eased? {what...: Heb. what goeth from me?}

Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, {which are} as wind?

And be it indeed {that} I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.

And she {was} in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore. {in...: Heb. bitter of soul}

Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and {though} I forbear, what am I eased? {what...: Heb. what goeth from me?}

I loathe {it}; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days {are} vanity.

The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy. {his own...: Heb. the bitterness of his soul}

Even to day {is} my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. {stroke: Heb. hand}

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him. {set: Heb. made}

What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done {it}: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.

Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what {will}. {Hold...: Heb. Be silent from me}

Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto. {complaint: or, meditation}

For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, {and} the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, {that} bewaileth herself, {that} spreadeth her hands, {saying}, Woe {is} me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.

And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul {is} vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid {it} from me, and hath not told me. {him...: Heb. by his feet} {vexed: Heb. bitter}

Because it shut not up the doors of my {mother's} womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.

Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, {which are} as wind?

But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.

As for me, {is} my complaint to man? and if {it were so}, why should not my spirit be troubled? {troubled: Heb. shortened?}

And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.

I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears. {all...: or, every night}

My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.