"Why is light given to him who is in misery, And life to the bitter of soul,

" Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

He will not allow me to catch my breath, But fills me with bitterness.

"My soul loathes my life; I will give free course to my complaint, I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

"For," said Hushai, "you know your father and his men, that they [are] mighty men, and they [are] enraged in their minds, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field; and your father [is] a man of war, and will not camp with the people.

The heart knows its own bitterness, And a stranger does not share its joy.

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

Indeed [it was] for [my own] peace [That] I had great bitterness; But You have lovingly [delivered] my soul from the pit of corruption, For You have cast all my sins behind Your back.

[When] he is about to fill his stomach, [God] will cast on him the fury of His wrath, And will rain [it] on him while he is eating.

So she said, "As the LORD your God lives, I do not have bread, only a handful of flour in a bin, and a little oil in a jar; and see, I [am] gathering a couple of sticks that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it, and die."

A man to whom God has given riches and wealth and honor, so that he lacks nothing for himself of all he desires; yet God does not give him power to eat of it, but a foreigner consumes it. This [is] vanity, and it [is] an evil affliction.

Moreover He said to me, "Son of man, surely I will cut off the supply of bread in Jerusalem; they shall eat bread by weight and with anxiety, and shall drink water by measure and with dread,

"that they may lack bread and water, and be dismayed with one another, and waste away because of their iniquity.

"Son of man, eat your bread with quaking, and drink your water with trembling and anxiety.