How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood. {bitterness: Heb. bitternesses}

Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand {against me} all the day.

Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

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

And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:

Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted {me} with all thy waves. Selah.

O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.

{As} God liveth, {who} hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, {who} hath vexed my soul; {vexed...: Heb. made my soul bitter}

I {am} afflicted and ready to die from {my} youth up: {while} I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

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

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

He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood. {bitterness: Heb. bitternesses}

{As} God liveth, {who} hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, {who} hath vexed my soul; {vexed...: Heb. made my soul bitter}

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

For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, {then} shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for {such} a time as this? {enlargement: Heb. respiration}