"Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?"
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Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.
If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.
For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.
For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble.
I AM the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
Why did I come from my mother's body to see pain and sorrow, so that my days might be wasted with shame?
Wherefore came I forth from the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed in shame?
Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
Why was I brought into the world to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
Why came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
Why `is' this? from the womb I have come out, To see labour and sorrow, Yea, consumed in shame are my days!