“Why is light given to him who is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul,
Why did I come out from the womb to see toil and sorrow, and spend my days in shame?
so that I would choose strangling and death rather than my bones. I loathe my life; I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are a breath.
Give strong drink to the one who is perishing, and wine to those in bitter distress;
She was deeply distressed and prayed to the Lord and wept bitterly.
to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be lighted with the light of life.
that it would please God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!
Or why was I not as a hidden stillborn child, as infants who never see the light?
And when she came to the mountain to the man of God, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came to push her away. But the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for she is in bitter distress, and the Lord has hidden it from me and has not told me.”
He has redeemed my soul from going down into the pit, and my life shall look upon the light.’
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