You think I am talking nothing but wind; then why do you answer my words of despair?

I am tired of living. Listen to my bitter complaint.

Be quiet and give me a chance to speak, and let the results be what they will.

But nothing I say helps, and being silent does not calm my pain.

Give me a chance to speak and then, when I am through, sneer if you like.

and I was overcome with anxiety. The more I thought, the more troubled I became; I could not keep from asking:

In the assembly of all your people, LORD, I told the good news that you save us. You know that I will never stop telling it.

and said to one another, "Yes, now we are suffering the consequences of what we did to our brother; we saw the great trouble he was in when he begged for help, but we would not listen. That is why we are in this trouble now."

but when she came to Elisha, she bowed down before him and took hold of his feet. Gehazi was about to push her away, but Elisha said, "Leave her alone. Can't you see she's deeply distressed? And the LORD has not told me a thing about it."

The woman said to him, "Sir, did I ask you for a son? Didn't I tell you not to get my hopes up?"

He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee. Grief and anguish came over him,

and he said to them, "The sorrow in my heart is so great that it almost crushes me. Stay here and keep watch with me."

In great anguish he prayed even more fervently; his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.

I wrote you with a greatly troubled and distressed heart and with many tears; my purpose was not to make you sad, but to make you realize how much I love you all.

As soon as I sin, I'm in trouble with you, but when I do right, I get no credit. I am miserable and covered with shame.

Others have no happiness at all; they live and die with bitter hearts.

(SEE 1:9)

What can I say? The LORD has done this. My heart is bitter, and I cannot sleep.

My bitterness will turn into peace. You save my life from all danger; You forgive all my sins.