Job 16:6
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6 “If I speak, my pain is not assuaged,
and if I refrain, how much of it leaves me?
Job 16:6
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6 “Yet if I speak, my pain is not relieved;
and if I refrain, it does not go away.(A)
Psalm 88:15-18
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15 Wretched and close to death from my youth up,
I suffer your terrors; I am desperate.[a](A)
16 Your wrath has swept over me;
your dread assaults destroy me.
17 They surround me like a flood all day long;
from all sides they close in on me.(B)
18 You have caused friend and neighbor to shun me;
my companions are in darkness.(C)
Footnotes
- 88.15 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Psalm 88:15-18
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15 From my youth(A) I have suffered(B) and been close to death;
I have borne your terrors(C) and am in despair.(D)
16 Your wrath(E) has swept over me;
your terrors(F) have destroyed me.
17 All day long they surround me like a flood;(G)
they have completely engulfed me.
18 You have taken from me friend(H) and neighbor—
darkness is my closest friend.
Job 10:1
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Job: I Loathe My Life
10 “I loathe my life;
I will give free utterance to my complaint;
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.(A)
Job 10:1
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Psalm 77:1-9
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Psalm 77
God’s Mighty Deeds Recalled
To the leader: according to Jeduthun. Of Asaph. A Psalm.
1 I cry aloud to God,
aloud to God, that he may hear me.(A)
2 In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord;
in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying;
my soul refuses to be comforted.(B)
3 I think of God, and I moan;
I meditate, and my spirit faints. Selah(C)
4 You keep my eyelids from closing;
I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
5 I consider the days of old
and remember the years of long ago.(D)
6 I commune[a] with my heart in the night;
I meditate and search my spirit:[b](E)
7 “Will the Lord spurn forever
and never again be favorable?(F)
8 Has his steadfast love ceased forever?
Are his promises at an end for all time?(G)
9 Has God forgotten to be gracious?
Has he in anger shut up his compassion?” Selah(H)
Psalm 77:1-9
New International Version
Psalm 77[a]
For the director of music. For Jeduthun. Of Asaph. A psalm.
1 I cried out to God(A) for help;
I cried out to God to hear me.
2 When I was in distress,(B) I sought the Lord;
at night(C) I stretched out untiring hands,(D)
and I would not be comforted.(E)
Footnotes
- Psalm 77:1 In Hebrew texts 77:1-20 is numbered 77:2-21.
- Psalm 77:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 9 and 15.
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