Job 23:2

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Even today my complaint is bitter; my suffering is heavier than my groaning.

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  • Job 10:1 : 1 I am disgusted with my life; I will give voice to my complaint and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.
  • Job 11:6 : 6 and that He would declare to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom is double what you imagine. Know then that God exacts less of you than your guilt deserves.
  • Ps 32:4 : 4 For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was drained as in the heat of summer. Selah.
  • Ps 77:2-9 : 2 My voice cries out to God, and I will call aloud; my voice reaches God, and He listens to me. 3 In the day of my trouble, I sought the Lord. My hand was stretched out at night and did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted. 4 I remember God and moan; I meditate, and my spirit faints. Selah. 5 You have held my eyelids open; I am troubled and cannot speak. 6 I consider the days of old, the years long past. 7 I remember my song in the night; I meditate with my heart, and my spirit searches diligently. 8 Will the Lord reject forever and never again show His favor? 9 Has His mercy ceased forever? Has His promise come to an end for all generations?
  • Lam 3:19-20 : 19 Remember my affliction and my wandering—the bitterness and the gall. 20 Surely my soul remembers and is bowed down within me.
  • Job 6:2-3 : 2 If only my grief could be weighed and my calamity placed together on the scales! 3 For now, it is heavier than the sands of the seas; that is why my words are impulsive.
  • Job 7:11 : 11 Therefore, I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

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