As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;

And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.

Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.

Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.

And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.

Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.