¹⁵ -- What do I say? seeing He said to me, And He Himself hath wrought, I go softly all my years for the bitterness of my soul.

²⁷ And it cometh to pass, at Ahab's hearing these words, that he rendeth his garments, and putteth sackcloth on his flesh, and fasteth, and lieth in sackcloth, and goeth gently.

¹¹ Also I -- I withhold not my mouth -- I speak in the distress of my spirit, I talk in the bitterness of my soul.

¹ My soul hath been weary of my life, I leave off my talking to myself, I speak in the bitterness of my soul.

²⁷ `Now hath my soul been troubled, and what? shall I say -- Father, save me from this hour? -- but because of this I came to this hour;

⁹ I have been dumb, I open not my mouth, Because Thou -- Thou hast done `it'.

¹⁰ Turn aside from off me Thy stroke, From the striving of Thy hand I have been consumed.

²⁵ And this `one' dieth with a bitter soul, And have not eaten with gladness.

¹⁰ `And now, what do we say, O our God, after this? for we have forsaken Thy commands,

²⁷ And she cometh in unto the man of God, unto the hill, and layeth hold on his feet, and Gehazi cometh nigh to thrust her away, and the man of God saith, `Let her alone, for her soul `is' bitter to her, and Jehovah hath hidden `it' from me, and hath not declared `it' to me.'

¹⁰ And she is bitter in soul, and prayeth unto Jehovah, and weepeth greatly,

⁸ Oh, Lord, what do I say, after that Israel hath turned the neck before its enemies?