He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.
Will You never look away from me, or leave me alone to swallow my spittle?
He has filled me with bitterness; He has intoxicated me with wormwood.
“As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice—the Almighty, who has embittered my soul—
No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peac
Indeed, He keeps turning His hand against me all day long.
Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,
Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may again be cheered before I depart and am no more.”
So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.”
From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.
Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me. Selah