Wherefore.

Job 6:9
that God would be willing to crush me, to unleash His hand and cut me off!

Job 7:15, 16
so that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body. . . .

Jeremiah 20:18
Why did I come out of the womb to see only trouble and sorrow, and to end my days in shame?

light.

Job 3:16
Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like an infant who never sees daylight?

Job 33:28, 30
He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.' . . .

the bitter.

Job 7:15, 16
so that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body. . . .

1 Samuel 1:10
In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears.

2 Kings 4:27
When she reached the man of God at the mountain, she clung to his feet. Gehazi came over to push her away, but the man of God said, "Leave her alone, for her soul is in deep distress, and the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me."

Proverbs 31:6
Give strong drink to one who is perishing, and wine to the bitter in soul.