Job 10:1
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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.
Footnotes
- Job 10:1 Lit. leave on myself
Job 7:11
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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.
1 Kings 19:4
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4 But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a [a]broom tree. And he (A)prayed that he might die, and said, “It is enough! Now, Lord, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers!”
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- 1 Kings 19:4 juniper
Job 9:21
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21 “I am blameless, yet I do not know myself;
I despise my life.
Numbers 11:15
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15 If You treat me like this, please kill me here and now—if I have found favor in Your sight—and (A)do not let me see my wretchedness!”
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Jonah 4:8
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8 And it happened, when the sun arose, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah’s head, so that he grew faint. Then he wished death for himself, and said, (A)“It is better for me to die than to live.”
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Jonah 4:3
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3 (A)Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for (B)it is better for me to die than to live!”
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Isaiah 38:17
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17 Indeed it was for my own peace
That I had great bitterness;
But You have lovingly delivered my soul from the pit of corruption,
For You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
Isaiah 38:15
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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.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 38:15 So with MT, Vg.; DSS, Tg. And shall I say to Him; LXX omits first half of this verse
Psalm 32:3-5
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3 When I kept silent, my bones grew old
Through my groaning all the day long.
4 For day and night Your (A)hand was heavy upon me;
My vitality was turned into the drought of summer. Selah
5 I acknowledged my sin to You,
And my iniquity I have not hidden.
(B)I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
And You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah
Job 21:2-4
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2 “Listen carefully to my speech,
And let this be your [a]consolation.
3 Bear with me that I may speak,
And after I have spoken, keep (A)mocking.
4 “As for me, is my complaint against man?
And if it were, why should I not be impatient?
Footnotes
- Job 21:2 comfort
Job 19:4
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4 And if indeed I have erred,
My error remains with me.
Job 16:6-16
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6 “Though I speak, my grief is not relieved;
And if I remain silent, how am I eased?
7 But now He has (A)worn me out;
You (B)have made desolate all my company.
8 You have shriveled me up,
And it is a (C)witness against me;
My leanness rises up against me
And bears witness to my face.
9 (D)He tears me in His wrath, and hates me;
He gnashes at me with His teeth;
(E)My adversary sharpens His gaze on me.
10 They (F)gape at me with their mouth,
They (G)strike me reproachfully on the cheek,
They gather together against me.
11 God (H)has delivered me to the ungodly,
And turned me over to the hands of the wicked.
12 I was at ease, but He has (I)shattered me;
He also has taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces;
He has (J)set me up for His target,
13 His archers surround me.
He pierces my [a]heart and does not pity;
He pours out my gall on the ground.
14 He breaks me with wound upon wound;
He runs at me like a [b]warrior.
15 “I have sewn sackcloth over my skin,
And (K)laid my [c]head in the dust.
16 My face is [d]flushed from weeping,
And on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
Job 14:13
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13 “Oh, that You would hide me in the grave,
That You would conceal me until Your wrath is past,
That You would appoint me a set time, and remember me!
Job 10:15-16
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Job 7:16
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Footnotes
- Job 7:16 Without substance, futile
Job 6:26
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26 Do you intend to rebuke my words,
And the speeches of a desperate one, which are as wind?
Job 6:8-9
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8 “Oh, that I might have my request,
That God would grant me the thing that I long for!
9 That it would please God to crush me,
That He would loose His hand and (A)cut me off!
Job 6:2-4
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2 “Oh, that my grief were fully weighed,
And my calamity laid with it on the scales!
3 For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea—
Therefore my words have been rash.
4 (A)For the arrows of the Almighty are within me;
My spirit drinks in their poison;
(B)The terrors of God are arrayed (C)against me.
Job 5:20
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Footnotes
- Job 5:20 Lit. hand
Job 5:15-16
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15 But (A)He saves the needy from the sword,
From the mouth of the mighty,
And from their hand.
16 (B)So the poor have hope,
And injustice shuts her mouth.
Job 3:20-23
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20 “Why(A) is light given to him who is in misery,
And life to the (B)bitter of soul,
21 Who (C)long[a] for death, but it does not come,
And search for it more than (D)hidden treasures;
22 Who rejoice exceedingly,
And are glad when they can find the (E)grave?
23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden,
(F)And whom God has hedged in?
Footnotes
- Job 3:21 Lit. wait
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