Numbers 11:15
11:15 But if you are going to deal
with me like this, then kill me immediately.
If I have found favor in your sight then do not let me see my trouble.”
Numbers 14:2
14:2 And all the Israelites murmured
against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died
in the land of Egypt, or if only we had perished
in this wilderness!
Job 3:1
II. Job’s Dialogue With His Friends
(3:1-27:33)
Job Regrets His Birth
3:1 After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day he was born.
Job 3:10
3:10 because it did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb on me,
nor did it hide trouble from my eyes!
Job 3:20
Longing for Death
3:20 “Why does God give light to one who is in misery,
and life to those whose soul is bitter,
Jeremiah 20:14-18
20:14 Cursed be the day I was born!
May that day not be blessed when my mother gave birth to me.
20:15 Cursed be the man
who made my father very glad
when he brought him the news
that a baby boy had been born to him!
20:16 May that man be like the cities
that the Lord destroyed without showing any mercy.
May he hear a cry of distress in the morning
and a battle cry at noon.
20:17 For he did not kill me before I came from the womb,
making my pregnant mother’s womb my grave forever.
20:18 Why did I ever come forth from my mother’s womb?
All I experience is trouble and grief,
and I spend my days in shame.
Jonah 4:8-9
4:8 When the sun began to shine, God sent
a hot
east wind. So the sun beat down
on Jonah’s head, and he grew faint. So he despaired of life,
and said, “I would rather die than live!”
4:9 God said to Jonah, “Are you really so very angry
about the little plant?” And he said, “I am as angry
as I could possibly be!”