Job 7:11
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.
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And she {was} in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore. {in...: Heb. bitter of soul}
I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
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}
And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, {which are} as wind?
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.
And they said one to another, We {are} verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and {though} I forbear, what am I eased? {what...: Heb. what goeth from me?}
And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.
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;
Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what {will}. {Hold...: Heb. Be silent from me}
Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.
And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
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}
My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: {then} spake I with my tongue,
And she {was} in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore. {in...: Heb. bitter of soul}
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}
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}
I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
I {am} afflicted and ready to die from {my} youth up: {while} I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
Even to day {is} my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. {stroke: Heb. hand}
I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy. {his own...: Heb. the bitterness of his soul}
And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
How long wilt thou speak these {things}? and {how long shall} the words of thy mouth {be like} a strong wind?
What prayer and supplication soever be {made} by any man, {or} by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:
Who {is} he {that} will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
As for me, {is} my complaint to man? and if {it were so}, why should not my spirit be troubled? {troubled: Heb. shortened?}
The princes refrained talking, and laid {their} hand on their mouth.
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort {myself}: