Let the Lord begin to wound me, but let Him not utterly destroy me.

You will separate life from my spirit; and yet [keep] my bones from death.

For I shall not live forever, that I should patiently endure: depart from me, for my life is vain.

Why is it that I came forth from the womb to see troubles and distresses, and my days are spent in shame?

or I [should have been] as an untimely birth proceeding from his mother's womb, or as infants who never saw light.

Deliver my soul, that it may not go to destruction, and my life shall see the light.

And He has delivered my soul from death, that my life may praise Him in the light.

You will separate life from my spirit; and yet [keep] my bones from death.

For I shall not live forever, that I should patiently endure: depart from me, for my life is vain.

And she was very much grieved in [her] spirit, and prayed to the Lord, and wept abundantly.

And she came to Elisha to the mountain, and laid hold of his feet; and Gehazi drew near to thrust her away. And Elisha said, Let her alone, for her soul [is] much grieved in her, and the Lord has hidden [it] from me, and has not told [it] to me.

Give strong drink to those that are in sorrow, and the wine to drink to those in pain,