Job 9:18 Cross References - BSB

¹⁸ He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.

²⁰ Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,

¹⁹ Will You never look away from me, or leave me alone to swallow my spittle?

² “As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice—the Almighty, who has embittered my soul—

¹³ Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may again be cheered before I depart and am no more.”

⁷ Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me. Selah

¹⁵ From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair. ¹⁶ Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me. ¹⁷ All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side. ¹⁸ You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.

³ Indeed, He keeps turning His hand against me all day long.

¹⁵ He has filled me with bitterness; He has intoxicated me with wormwood.

¹⁸ So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.” ¹⁹ Remember my affliction and wandering, the wormwood and the gall.

¹¹ No 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.