18 He would not let me catch my breath

but would overwhelm me with misery.

18 he will not let me get my breath,

but fills me with bitterness.

18 He will not suffer me to take my breath,

But filleth me with bitterness.

18 He will not let me catch my breath,

but fills me instead with bitter sorrows.

18 He would not let me catch my breath

but would overwhelm me with misery.

18 He will not suffer me to take my breath,

But filleth me with bitterness.

18 He suffereth me not to take my breath, for he filleth me with bitternesses.

18 He would not let me catch my breath. 

He fills me with bitterness. 

18 He doesn’t let me catch my breath

but soaks me with bitter experiences.

18 he will not let me get my breath,

but fills me with bitterness.

18 He will not allow me to catch my breath;

rather, he will fill me with bitterness.

18 He wouldn’t let me catch my breath.

He’d make my life very bitter.

18 “He will not allow me to get my breath,

But saturates me with bitterness.