²⁰ But she said to them, “Do not call me ^[a]Naomi; call me ^[b]Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

¹⁴ And they ^(A)made their lives bitter with hard bondage—^(B)in mortar, in brick, and in all manner of service in the field. All their service in which they made them serve was with rigor.

²³ Now when they came to ^(A)Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore the name of it was called ^[a]Marah.

⁶ Now David was greatly distressed, for ^(A)the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was ^[a]grieved, every man for his sons and his daughters. ^(B)But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.