that it would please God to crush me, that He would loose His hand and cut me off!

so that my soul chooses strangling and death rather than my body.

I loathe my life; I would not live forever. Let me alone, for my days are but a breath.

Why did I come forth from the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

Or why was I not concealed like a miscarriage, like infants who never saw the light?

He has redeemed my soul from passing over to the Pit, and my life shall see the light.

to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may be enlightened with the Light of Life.

so that my soul chooses strangling and death rather than my body.

I loathe my life; I would not live forever. Let me alone, for my days are but a breath.

And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to Jehovah and wept with weeping.

And when she came to the man of God at the hill, she took hold of his feet; and Gehazi came near to push her away; but the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is bitter, and Jehovah has hidden it from me, and has not told me.

Give strong drink to him who is about to die, and wine to one who is of a heavy soul.