Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

So that my soul chooseth strangling, {and} death rather than my life. {life: Heb. bones}

Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts. {of...: Heb. bitter of soul}

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

Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.

Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants {which} never saw light.

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}

He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light. {He...: or, He hath delivered my soul, etc, and my life}

And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.

Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

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

Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts. {of...: Heb. bitter of soul}

Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct {him}? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.

And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.

He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. {He...: Heb. They shall drive him}

And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these {which are} of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?

He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light. {He...: or, He hath delivered my soul, etc, and my life}

Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.

Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun {is} grievous unto me: for all {is} vanity and vexation of spirit.

And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard {even} unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him.

And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.

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

And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, {and} when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

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.

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}

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

He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.

My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. {weary...: or, cut off while I live}