Verse 6

If I speak, my pain is not restrained, And I cease -- what goeth from me?

Referenced Verses

  • Job 10:1 : 1 My soul hath been weary of my life, I leave off my talking to myself, I speak in the bitterness of my soul.
  • Ps 88:15-18 : 15 I `am' afflicted, and expiring from youth, I have borne Thy terrors -- I pine away. 16 Over me hath Thy wrath passed, Thy terrors have cut me off, 17 They have surrounded me as waters all the day, They have gone round against me together, 18 Thou hast put far from me lover and friend, Mine acquaintance `is' the place of darkness!
  • Ps 77:1-9 : 1 To the Overseer, for Jeduthun. -- A Psalm of Asaph. My voice `is' to God, and I cry, my voice `is' to God, And He hath given ear unto me. 2 In a day of my distress the Lord I sought, My hand by night hath been spread out, And it doth not cease, My soul hath refused to be comforted. 3 I remember God, and make a noise, I meditate, and feeble is my spirit. Selah. 4 Thou hast taken hold of the watches of mine eyes, I have been moved, and I speak not. 5 I have reckoned the days of old, The years of the ages. 6 I remember my music in the night, With my heart I meditate, and my spirit doth search diligently: 7 To the ages doth the Lord cast off? Doth He add to be pleased no more? 8 Hath His kindness ceased for ever? The saying failed to all generations? 9 Hath God forgotten `His' favours? Hath He shut up in anger His mercies? Selah.