Job 9:18

He doesn’t let me catch my breath
but soaks me with bitter experiences.

Job 7:19

Will You ever look away from me,
or leave me alone long enough to swallow?

Job 3:20

Why is light given to one burdened with grief,
and life to those whose existence is bitter,

Job 27:2

As God lives, who has deprived me of justice,
and the Almighty who has made me bitter,

Psalm 39:13

Turn Your angry gaze from me
so that I may be cheered up
before I die and am gone.”

Psalm 88:7

Your wrath weighs heavily on me;
You have overwhelmed me with all Your waves.Selah

Psalm 88:15-18

From my youth,
I have been afflicted and near death.
I suffer Your horrors; I am desperate.

Lamentations 3:3

Yes, He repeatedly turns His hand
against me all day long.

Lamentations 3:15

He filled me with bitterness,
satiated me with wormwood.

Lamentations 3:18-19

Then I thought: My future is lost,
as well as my hope from the Lord.

Hebrews 12:11

No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields the fruit of peace and righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

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