Isaiah 38:15
What can I say? He has decreed and acted. I will walk slowly all my years because I am overcome with grief.
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- 1 Kgs 21:27 : 27 When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He slept in sackcloth and walked around dejected.
- Job 7:11 : 11 Job Remonstrates with God“Therefore, I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
- Job 10:1 : 1 An Appeal for Revelation“I am weary of my life; I will complain without restraint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
- Job 21:25 : 25 And another man dies in bitterness of soul, never having tasted anything good.
- Ps 39:9-9 : 9 I am silent and cannot open my mouth because of what you have done. 10 Please stop wounding me! You have almost beaten me to death!
- John 12:27 : 27 “Now my soul is greatly distressed. And what should I say?‘Father, deliver me from this hour’? No, but for this very reason I have come to this hour.
- 2 Kgs 4:27 : 27 But when she reached the prophet on the mountain, she grabbed hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to push her away, but the prophet said,“Leave her alone, for she is very upset. The LORD has kept the matter hidden from me; he didn’t tell me about it.”
- Ezra 9:10 : 10 “And now what are we able to say after this, our God? For we have forsaken your commandments
- Josh 7:8 : 8 O Lord, what can I say now that Israel has retreated before its enemies?
- 1 Sam 1:10 : 10 As for her, she was very distressed. She prayed to the LORD and was, in fact, weeping.
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1An Appeal for Revelation“I am weary of my life; I will complain without restraint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
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11Job Remonstrates with God“Therefore, I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
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10“I thought,‘In the middle of my life I must walk through the gates of Sheol, I am deprived of the rest of my years.’
11“I thought,‘I will no longer see the LORD in the land of the living, I will no longer look on humankind with the inhabitants of the world.
12My dwelling place is removed and taken away from me like a shepherd’s tent. I rolled up my life like a weaver rolls cloth; from the loom he cuts me off. You turn day into night and end my life.
13I cry out until morning; like a lion he shatters all my bones; you turn day into night and end my life.
14Like a swallow or a thrush I chirp, I coo like a dove; my eyes grow tired from looking up to the sky. O Lord, I am oppressed; help me!
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16O Lord, your decrees can give men life; may years of life be restored to me. Restore my health and preserve my life.’
17“Look, the grief I experienced was for my benefit. You delivered me from the Pit of oblivion. For you removed all my sins from your sight.
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6I am dazed and completely humiliated; all day long I walk around mourning.
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17For I am about to stumble, and I am in constant pain.
18Yes, I confess my wrongdoing, and I am concerned about my sins.
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9Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am in distress! My eyes grow dim from suffering. I have lost my strength.
10For my life nears its end in pain; my years draw to a close as I groan. My strength fails me because of my sin, and my bones become brittle.
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18Then I said,“There is no cure for my grief! I am sick at heart!
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3Certainly my enemies chase me. They smash me into the ground. They force me to live in dark regions, like those who have been dead for ages.
4My strength leaves me; I am absolutely shocked.
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12ל(Lamed) Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by on the road? Look and see! Is there any pain like mine? The Lord has afflicted me, he has inflicted it on me when he burned with anger.
13מ(Mem) He sent down fire into my bones, and it overcame them. He spread out a trapper’s net for my feet; he made me turn back. He has made me desolate; I am faint all day long.
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8I am numb with pain and severely battered; I groan loudly because of the anxiety I feel.
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2I was stone silent; I held back the urge to speak. My frustration grew;
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14Why do I put myself in peril, and take my life in my hands?
15Even if he slays me, I will hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face!
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19And I cried out,“We are doomed! Our wound is severe! We once thought,‘This is only an illness. And we will be able to bear it!’
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21ש(Sin/Shin) They have heard that I groan, yet there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have brought it about. Bring about the day of judgment that you promised so that they may end up like me!
22ת(Tav) Let all their wickedness come before you; afflict them just as you have afflicted me because of all my acts of rebellion. For my groans are many, and my heart is sick with sorrow.
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14I suffer all day long, and am punished every morning.”
15If I had publicized these thoughts, I would have betrayed your people.
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19Who will contend with me? If anyone can, I will be silent and die.
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18He does not allow me to recover my breath, for he fills me with bitterness.
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1א(Alef) The Prophet Speaks: I am the man who has experienced affliction from the rod of his wrath.
2He drove me into captivity and made me walk in darkness and not light.
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2How long must I worry, and suffer in broad daylight? How long will my enemy gloat over me?
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20If I have sinned– what have I done to you, O watcher of men? Why have you set me as your target? Have I become a burden to you?
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27If I say,‘I will forget my complaint, I will change my expression and be cheerful,’
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21Yes, my spirit was bitter, and my insides felt sharp pain.
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7My eyes have grown dim with grief; my whole frame is but a shadow.
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20Are not my days few? Cease, then, and leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,
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6Abandonment by God and Man“But if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I refrain from speaking– how much of it goes away?
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10Then I would yet have my comfort, then I would rejoice, in spite of pitiless pain, for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
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16Job’s Despondency“And now my soul pours itself out within me; days of suffering take hold of me.
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15I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and buried my horn in the dust;
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3When I refused to confess my sin, my whole body wasted away, while I groaned in pain all day long.
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11He has obstructed my paths and torn me to pieces; he has made me desolate.
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10Please stop wounding me! You have almost beaten me to death!
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15so that I would prefer strangling, and death more than life.
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15He has given me my fill of bitter herbs and made me drunk with bitterness.
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3‘You have said,“I feel so hopeless! For the LORD has added sorrow to my suffering. I am worn out from groaning. I can’t find any rest.”’”
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4My heart beats violently within me; the horrors of death overcome me.
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20I continually think about this, and I am depressed.