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Job 7:11
“ Therefore I will not keep silent; I will speak out in the anguish of my spirit, I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. (niv)
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1 Rois 19 4
while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom bush, sat down under it and prayed that he might die.“ I have had enough, Lord,” he said.“ Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors.” (niv)
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Job 9:21
“ Although I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life. (niv)
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Nombres 11:15
If this is how you are going to treat me, please go ahead and kill me— if I have found favor in your eyes— and do not let me face my own ruin.” (niv)
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Jonas 4:8
When the sun rose, God provided a scorching east wind, and the sun blazed on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint. He wanted to die, and said,“ It would be better for me to die than to live.” (niv)
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Job 19:4
If it is true that I have gone astray, my error remains my concern alone. (niv)
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Job 5:15-16
He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth; he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth. (niv)
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Job 7:16
I despise my life; I would not live forever. Let me alone; my days have no meaning. (niv)
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Job 16:6-16
“ Yet if I speak, my pain is not relieved; and if I refrain, it does not go away.Surely, God, you have worn me out; you have devastated my entire household.You have shriveled me up— and it has become a witness; my gauntness rises up and testifies against me.God assails me and tears me in his anger and gnashes his teeth at me; my opponent fastens on me his piercing eyes.People open their mouths to jeer at me; they strike my cheek in scorn and unite together against me.God has turned me over to the ungodly and thrown me into the clutches of the wicked.All was well with me, but he shattered me; he seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target;his archers surround me. Without pity, he pierces my kidneys and spills my gall on the ground.Again and again he bursts upon me; he rushes at me like a warrior.“ I have sewed sackcloth over my skin and buried my brow in the dust.My face is red with weeping, dark shadows ring my eyes; (niv)
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Job 6:2-4
“ If only my anguish could be weighed and all my misery be placed on the scales!It would surely outweigh the sand of the seas— no wonder my words have been impetuous.The arrows of the Almighty are in me, my spirit drinks in their poison; God’s terrors are marshaled against me. (niv)
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Job 3:20-23
“ Why is light given to those in misery, and life to the bitter of soul,to those who long for death that does not come, who search for it more than for hidden treasure,who are filled with gladness and rejoice when they reach the grave?Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in? (niv)
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Esaïe 38:15
But what can I say? He has spoken to me, and he himself has done this. I will walk humbly all my years because of this anguish of my soul. (niv)
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Job 6:26
Do you mean to correct what I say, and treat my desperate words as wind? (niv)
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Esaïe 38:17
Surely it was for my benefit that I suffered such anguish. In your love you kept me from the pit of destruction; you have put all my sins behind your back. (niv)
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Job 5:20
In famine he will deliver you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword. (niv)
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Psaumes 32:3-5
When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer.Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said,“ I will confess my transgressions to the Lord.” And you forgave the guilt of my sin. (niv)
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Job 21:2-4
“ Listen carefully to my words; let this be the consolation you give me.Bear with me while I speak, and after I have spoken, mock on.“ Is my complaint directed to a human being? Why should I not be impatient? (niv)
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Job 10:15-16
If I am guilty— woe to me! Even if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head, for I am full of shame and drowned in my affliction.If I hold my head high, you stalk me like a lion and again display your awesome power against me. (niv)
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Jonas 4:3
Now, Lord, take away my life, for it is better for me to die than to live.” (niv)
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Job 14:13
“ If only you would hide me in the grave and conceal me till your anger has passed! If only you would set me a time and then remember me! (niv)
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Job 6:8-9
“ Oh, that I might have my request, that God would grant what I hope for,that God would be willing to crush me, to let loose his hand and cut off my life! (niv)
