10 (A)And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to the Lord and [a]wept in anguish.

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  1. 1 Samuel 1:10 Lit. wept greatly

11 “Therefore I will (A)not restrain my mouth;
I will speak in the anguish of my spirit;
I will (B)complain in the bitterness of my soul.

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Job: I Would Plead with God

10 “My (A)soul loathes my life;
I will [a]give free course to my complaint,
(B)I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

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  1. Job 10:1 Lit. leave on myself

44 (A)And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

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Then the people came (A)to [a]the house of God, and remained there before God till evening. They lifted up their voices and wept bitterly,

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  1. Judges 21:2 Or Bethel

who, in the days of His flesh, when He had (A)offered up prayers and supplications, (B)with vehement cries and tears to Him (C)who was able to save Him from death, and was heard (D)because of His godly fear,

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For the Lord (A)has called you
Like a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit,
Like a youthful wife when you were refused,”
Says your God.

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15 “What shall I say?
[a]He has both spoken to me,
And He Himself has done it.
I shall walk carefully all my years
(A)In the bitterness of my soul.

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  1. Isaiah 38:15 So with MT, Vg.; DSS, Tg. And shall I say to Him; LXX omits first half of this verse

15 He shall (A)call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will be (B)with him in trouble;
I will deliver him and honor him.

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18 He will not allow me to catch my breath,
But fills me with bitterness.

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(A)“Remember now, O Lord, I pray, how I have walked before You in truth and with a loyal heart, and have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

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20 But she said to them, “Do not call me [a]Naomi; call me [b]Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

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  1. Ruth 1:20 Lit. Pleasant
  2. Ruth 1:20 Lit. Bitter

15 (A)He has filled me with bitterness,
He has made me drink wormwood.

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10 Weep not for (A)the dead, nor bemoan him;
Weep bitterly for him (B)who goes away,
For he shall return no more,
Nor see his native country.

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17 But if you will not hear it,
My soul will (A)weep in secret for your pride;
My eyes will weep bitterly
And run down with tears,
Because the Lord’s flock has been taken captive.

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15 (A)Call upon Me in the day of trouble;
I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.”

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For,” said Hushai, “you know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are enraged in their minds, like (A)a bear robbed of her cubs in the field; and your father is a man of war, and will not camp with the people.

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36 So it was, as soon as he had finished speaking, that the king’s sons indeed came, and they lifted up their voice and wept. Also the king and all his servants wept very bitterly.

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10 Then they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and they (A)mourned there with a great and very solemn lamentation. (B)He observed seven days of mourning for his father.

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