⁶ Give strong drink to him who is near to destruction, and wine to him whose soul is bitter:

²³ Do not take only water as your drink, but take a little wine for the good of your stomach, and because you are frequently ill.

¹⁰ And with grief in her soul, weeping bitterly, she made her prayer to the Lord.

⁶ And David was greatly troubled; for the people were talking of stoning him, because their hearts were bitter, every man sorrowing for his sons and his daughters: but David made himself strong in the Lord his God.

²⁷ And when she came to where the man of God was on the hill, she put her hands round his feet; and Gehazi came near with the purpose of pushing her away; but the man of God said, Let her be, for her soul is bitter in her; and the Lord has kept it secret from me, and has not given me word of it.

²⁰ Why does he give light to him who is in trouble, and life to the bitter in soul;

¹³ The blessing of him who was near to destruction came on me, and I put a song of joy into the widow's heart.

¹⁵ And wine to make glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face shining, and bread giving strength to his heart.