⁶ Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, And wine unto the bitter in soul:

²³ Be no longer a drinker of water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.

¹⁰ And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto Jehovah, and wept sore.

⁶ And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David strengthened himself in Jehovah his God.

²⁷ And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, Let her alone: for her soul is vexed within her; and Jehovah hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.

²⁰ Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, And life unto the bitter in soul;

¹³ The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

¹⁵ And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, `And' oil to make his face to shine, And bread that strengtheneth man's heart.