Job 3:20
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20 “Why is light given to one in misery
and life to the bitter in soul,(A)
Jeremiah 20:18
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18 Why did I come forth from the womb
to see toil and sorrow
and spend my days in shame?(A)
Job 7:15-16
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15 so that I would choose strangling
and death rather than this body.
16 I loathe my life; I would not live forever.
Let me alone, for my days are a breath.(A)
Proverbs 31:6
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6 Give strong drink to one who is perishing
and wine to those in bitter distress;
1 Samuel 1:10
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10 She was deeply distressed and prayed to the Lord and wept bitterly.
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Job 33:30
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Footnotes
- 33.30 Syr: Heb to be lighted with the light of life
Job 6:9
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9 that it would please God to crush me,
that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!(A)
Job 3:16
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16 Or why was I not buried like a stillborn child,
like an infant that never sees the light?(A)
2 Kings 4:27
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27 When she came to the man of God at the mountain, she caught hold of his feet. Gehazi approached to push her away, but the man of God said, “Let her alone, for she is in bitter distress; the Lord has hidden it from me and has not told me.”
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Job 33:28
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28 He has redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit,
and my life shall see the light.’(A)
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