"Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!"
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I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
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!
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
If only he would be pleased to put an end to me; and would let loose his hand, so that I might be cut off!
And that it would please +God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!
Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
Even that it would please God to crush me; That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
That God would please -- and bruise me, Loose His hand and cut me off!