## For he breaks me with a tempest ## Job compares his troubles to a tempest or storm or storm wind. Just as a tempest can destroy things and people, the troubles God sends are destroying Job. "He attacks me with a storm" or "He crushes me with a tempest." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]]) ## and multiples my wounds without cause ## "and gives me many wounds for no reason" ## He does not even allow me to catch my breath ## "He does not allow me to breathe a breath" or "He does not give me relief from pain" ## he fills me with bitterness ## "he fills me with misery"