20 “Why(A) is light given to him who is in misery,
And life to the (B)bitter of soul,

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11 “Therefore I will (A)not restrain my mouth;
I will speak in the anguish of my spirit;
I will (B)complain in the bitterness of my soul.

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Job: I Would Plead with God

10 “My (A)soul loathes my life;
I will [a]give free course to my complaint,
(B)I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 10:1 Lit. leave on myself

25 Another man dies in the bitterness of his soul,
Never having eaten with pleasure.

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“Even today my (A)complaint is bitter;
[a]My hand is listless because of my groaning.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 23:2 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX, Syr. His

As God lives, (A)who has taken away my justice,
And the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,

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15 “What shall I say?
[a]He has both spoken to me,
And He Himself has done it.
I shall walk carefully all my years
(A)In the bitterness of my soul.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 38:15 So with MT, Vg.; DSS, Tg. And shall I say to Him; LXX omits first half of this verse

18 (A)Why did I come forth from the womb to (B)see [a]labor and sorrow,
That my days should be consumed with shame?

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 20:18 toil

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