Verse 1

My soul{H5315} is weary{H5354}{(H8804)} of my life{H2416}; I will leave{H5800}{(H8799)} my complaint{H7879} upon myself; I will speak{H1696}{(H8762)} in the bitterness{H4751} of my soul{H5315}.

Referenced Verses

  • Job 7:11 : 11 Therefore I will not refrain{H2820}{(H8799)} my mouth{H6310}; I will speak{H1696}{(H8762)} in the anguish{H6862} of my spirit{H7307}; I will complain{H7878}{(H8799)} in the bitterness{H4751} of my soul{H5315}.
  • 1 Kgs 19:4 : 4 But he himself went{H1980}{(H8804)} a day's{H3117} journey{H1870} into the wilderness{H4057}, and came{H935}{(H8799)} and sat down{H3427}{(H8799)} under a{H259} juniper tree{H7574}: and he requested{H7592}{(H8799)} for himself{H5315} that he might die{H4191}{(H8800)}; and said{H559}{(H8799)}, It is enough{H7227}; now, O LORD{H3068}, take away{H3947}{(H8798)} my life{H5315}; for I am not better{H2896} than my fathers{H1}.
  • Num 11:15 : 15 And if thou deal{H6213}{(H8802)} thus with me, kill{H2026}{(H8798)} me, I pray thee, out of hand{H2026}{(H8800)}, if I have found{H4672}{(H8804)} favour{H2580} in thy sight{H5869}; and let me not see{H7200}{(H8799)} my wretchedness{H7451}.
  • Job 9:21 : 21 Though I were perfect{H8535}, yet would I not know{H3045}{(H8799)} my soul{H5315}: I would despise{H3988}{(H8799)} my life{H2416}.
  • Job 10:15-16 : 15 If I be wicked{H7561}{(H8804)}, woe{H480} unto me; and if I be righteous{H6663}{(H8804)}, yet will I not lift up{H5375}{(H8799)} my head{H7218}. I am full{H7649} of confusion{H7036}; therefore see{H7202}{(H8798)}{(H8676)}{H7200}{(H8798)} thou mine affliction{H6040}; 16 For it increaseth{H1342}{(H8799)}. Thou huntest{H6679}{(H8799)} me as a fierce lion{H7826}: and again{H7725}{(H8799)} thou shewest thyself marvellous{H6381}{(H8691)} upon me.
  • Job 14:13 : 13 O that{H5414}{(H8799)} thou wouldest hide{H6845}{(H8686)} me in the grave{H7585}, that thou wouldest keep me secret{H5641}{(H8686)}, until thy wrath{H639} be past{H7725}{(H8800)}, that thou wouldest appoint{H7896}{(H8799)} me a set time{H2706}, and remember{H2142}{(H8799)} me!
  • Job 16:6-9 : 6 Though I speak{H1696}{(H8762)}, my grief{H3511} is not asswaged{H2820}{(H8735)}: and though I forbear{H2308}{(H8799)}, what am I eased{H1980}{(H8799)}? 7 But now he hath made me weary{H3811}{(H8689)}: thou hast made desolate{H8074}{(H8689)} all my company{H5712}. 8 And thou hast filled me with wrinkles{H7059}{(H8799)}, which is a witness{H5707} against me: and my leanness{H3585} rising up{H6965}{(H8799)} in me beareth witness{H6030}{(H8799)} to my face{H6440}. 9 He teareth{H2963}{(H8804)} me in his wrath{H639}, who hateth{H7852}{(H8799)} me: he gnasheth{H2786}{(H8804)} upon me with his teeth{H8127}; mine enemy{H6862} sharpeneth{H3913}{(H8799)} his eyes{H5869} upon me. 10 They have gaped{H6473}{(H8804)} upon me with their mouth{H6310}; they have smitten{H5221}{(H8689)} me upon the cheek{H3895} reproachfully{H2781}; they have gathered{H4390}{(H8691)} themselves together{H3162} against me. 11 God{H410} hath delivered{H5462}{(H8686)} me to the ungodly{H5760}, and turned me over{H3399}{(H8804)} into the hands{H3027} of the wicked{H7563}. 12 I was at ease{H7961}, but he hath broken me asunder{H6565}{(H8770)}: he hath also taken{H270}{(H8804)} me by my neck{H6203}, and shaken me to pieces{H6327}{(H8770)}, and set me up{H6965}{(H8686)} for his mark{H4307}. 13 His archers{H7228} compass me round about{H5437}{(H8799)}, he cleaveth{H6398} my reins{H3629} asunder{H6398}{(H8762)}, and doth not spare{H2550}{(H8799)}; he poureth out{H8210}{(H8799)} my gall{H4845} upon the ground{H776}. 14 He breaketh{H6555}{(H8799)} me with breach{H6556} upon{H6440} breach{H6556}, he runneth{H7323}{(H8799)} upon me like a giant{H1368}. 15 I have sewed{H8609}{(H8804)} sackcloth{H8242} upon my skin{H1539}, and defiled{H5953}{(H8782)} my horn{H7161} in the dust{H6083}. 16 My face{H6440} is foul{H2560}{(H8777)} with weeping{H1065}, and on my eyelids{H6079} is the shadow of death{H6757};
  • Job 19:4 : 4 And be it indeed{H551} that I have erred{H7686}{(H8804)}, mine error{H4879} remaineth{H3885}{(H8799)} with myself.
  • Job 21:2-4 : 2 Hear{H8085}{(H8798)} diligently{H8085}{(H8800)} my speech{H4405}, and let this be your consolations{H8575}. 3 Suffer{H5375}{(H8798)} me that I may speak{H1696}{(H8762)}; and after{H310} that I have spoken{H1696}{(H8763)}, mock on{H3932}{(H8686)}. 4 As for me, is my complaint{H7879} to man{H120}? and if it were so, why should not my spirit{H7307} be troubled{H7114}{(H8799)}?
  • Ps 32:3-5 : 3 When I kept silence{H2790}{(H8689)}, my bones{H6106} waxed old{H1086}{(H8804)} through my roaring{H7581} all the day{H3117} long. 4 For day{H3119} and night{H3915} thy hand{H3027} was heavy{H3513}{(H8799)} upon me: my moisture{H3955} is turned{H2015}{(H8738)} into the drought{H2725} of summer{H7019}. Selah{H5542}. 5 I acknowledged{H3045}{(H8686)} my sin{H2403} unto thee, and mine iniquity{H5771} have I not hid{H3680}{(H8765)}. I said{H559}{(H8804)}, I will confess{H3034}{(H8686)} my transgressions{H6588} unto the LORD{H3068}; and thou forgavest{H5375}{(H8804)} the iniquity{H5771} of my sin{H2403}. Selah{H5542}.
  • Isa 38:15 : 15 What shall I say{H1696}{(H8762)}? he hath both spoken{H559}{(H8804)} unto me, and himself hath done{H6213}{(H8804)} it: I shall go softly{H1718}{(H8691)} all my years{H8141} in the bitterness{H4751} of my soul{H5315}.
  • Isa 38:17 : 17 Behold, for peace{H7965} I had great bitterness{H4751}{H4843}{(H8804)}: but thou hast in love{H2836}{(H8804)} to my soul{H5315} delivered it from the pit{H7845} of corruption{H1097}: for thou hast cast{H7993}{(H8689)} all my sins{H2399} behind{H310} thy back{H1460}.
  • Jonah 4:3 : 3 Therefore now, O LORD{H3068}, take{H3947}{(H8798)}, I beseech thee, my life{H5315} from me; for it is better{H2896} for me to die{H4194} than to live{H2416}.
  • Jonah 4:8 : 8 And it came to pass, when the sun{H8121} did arise{H2224}{(H8800)}, that God{H430} prepared{H4487}{(H8762)} a vehement{H2759} east{H6921} wind{H7307}; and the sun{H8121} beat{H5221}{(H8686)} upon the head{H7218} of Jonah{H3124}, that he fainted{H5968}{(H8691)}, and wished{H7592}{(H8799)} in himself{H5315} to die{H4191}{(H8800)}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, It is better{H2896} for me to die{H4194} than to live{H2416}.
  • Job 7:16 : 16 I loathe{H3988}{(H8804)} it; I would not live{H2421}{(H8799)} alway{H5769}: let me alone{H2308}{(H8798)}; for my days{H3117} are vanity{H1892}.
  • Job 3:20-23 : 20 Wherefore is light{H216} given{H5414}{(H8799)} to him that is in misery{H6001}, and life{H2416} unto the bitter{H4751} in soul{H5315}; 21 Which long{H2442}{(H8764)} for death{H4194}, but it cometh not; and dig{H2658}{(H8799)} for it more than for hid treasures{H4301}; 22 Which rejoice{H8056} exceedingly{H1524}, and are glad{H7797}{(H8799)}, when they can find{H4672}{(H8799)} the grave{H6913}? 23 Why is light given to a man{H1397} whose way{H1870} is hid{H5641}{(H8738)}, and whom God{H433} hath hedged in{H5526}{(H8686)}?
  • Job 5:15-16 : 15 But he saveth{H3467}{(H8686)} the poor{H34} from the sword{H2719}, from their mouth{H6310}, and from the hand{H3027} of the mighty{H2389}. 16 So the poor{H1800} hath hope{H8615}, and iniquity{H5766} stoppeth{H7092}{(H8804)} her mouth{H6310}.
  • Job 5:20 : 20 In famine{H7458} he shall redeem{H6299}{(H8804)} thee from death{H4194}: and in war{H4421} from the power{H3027} of the sword{H2719}.
  • Job 6:2-4 : 2 Oh that{H3863} my grief{H3708} were throughly{H8254}{(H8800)} weighed{H8254}{(H8735)}, and my calamity{H1942}{(H8675)}{H1962} laid{H5375}{(H8799)} in the balances{H3976} together{H3162}! 3 For now it would be heavier{H3513}{(H8799)} than the sand{H2344} of the sea{H3220}: therefore my words{H1697} are swallowed up{H3886}{(H8804)}. 4 For the arrows{H2671} of the Almighty{H7706} are within{H5978} me, the poison{H2534} whereof drinketh up{H8354}{(H8802)} my spirit{H7307}: the terrors{H1161} of God{H433} do set themselves in array{H6186}{(H8799)} against me.
  • Job 6:8-9 : 8 Oh that I might have{H935}{(H8799)} my request{H7596}; and that God{H433} would grant{H5414}{(H8799)} me the thing that I long for{H8615}! 9 Even that it would please{H2974}{(H8686)} God{H433} to destroy{H1792}{(H8762)} me; that he would let loose{H5425}{(H8686)} his hand{H3027}, and cut me off{H1214}{(H8762)}!
  • Job 6:26 : 26 Do ye imagine{H2803}{(H8799)} to reprove{H3198}{(H8687)} words{H4405}, and the speeches{H561} of one that is desperate{H2976}{(H8737)}, which are as wind{H7307}?