My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
The cry is one of deep anguish and perplexity, from a man weary of life who resolves to speak openly out of the bitterness of his soul. He utters it while feeling forsaken by both heaven and earth in the midst of his suffering. His grief is sharpened by friends who read his adversity as punishment for wrongdoing and accuse him on that ground. Yet even in this complaint he still holds fast to his faith in God and to his consciousness of integrity.
The cry is one of deep anguish and perplexity, from a man weary of life who resolves to speak openly out of the bitterness of his soul. He utters it while feeling forsaken by both heaven and earth in the midst of his suffering. His grief is sharpened by friends who read his adversity as punishment for wrongdoing and accuse him on that ground. Yet even in this complaint he still holds fast to his faith in God and to his consciousness of integrity.