Job 9:18
He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.
BSB
ASV
He will not suffer me to take my breath, But filleth me with bitterness.
KJV
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
He will not suffer me to take my breath - I have no respite in my afflictions; I suffer continually in my body, and my mind is incessantly harassed.
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Hebrews 12:11No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it.
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Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.
And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.
In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials
Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.
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Job 3:20Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,
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Why did I come out of the womb to see only trouble and sorrow, and to end my days in shame?
so that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body.
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Lamentations 3:15He has filled me with bitterness; He has intoxicated me with wormwood.
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Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will feed this people wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink.
