Complaint

When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,

If I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,’

“I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.

Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?

“Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.

If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,

Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and distraught

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice of complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy.

I pour out my complaint before Him; I reveal my trouble to Him.

But just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio told the Jews, “If this matter involved a wrongdoing or vicious crime, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to hear your complaint.

So if Demetrius and his fellow craftsmen have a complaint against anyone, the courts are open and proconsuls are available. Let them bring charges against one another there.

Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.