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Psalms 102:9
I eat ashes as my food. My tears fall into what I’m drinking.
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Psalms 38:8
I am weak and feel as if I’ve been broken in pieces. I groan because of the great pain in my heart.
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Psalms 42:3-4
My tears have been my food day and night. All day long people say to me,“ Where is your God?”When I remember what has happened, I tell God all my troubles. I remember how I used to walk to the house of God. The Mighty One guarded my steps. We shouted with joy and praised God as we went along with the joyful crowd.
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Psalms 80:5
You have given us tears as our food. You have made us drink tears by the bowlful.
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Job 6:7
I refuse to touch that kind of food. It makes me sick.
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Isaiah 59:11
All of us growl like hungry bears. We sound like doves as we mourn. We want the Lord to do what is fair and save us. But he doesn’t do it. We long for him to set us free. But the time for that seems far away.
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Lamentations 3:8
I call out and cry for help. But he won’t listen to me when I pray.
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Job 7:19
Won’t you ever look away from me? Won’t you leave me alone even for one second?
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Psalms 22:1-2
My God, my God, why have you deserted me? Why do you seem so far away when I need you to save me? Why do you seem so far away that you can’t hear my groans?My God, I cry out in the daytime. But you don’t answer. I cry out at night. But you don’t let me sleep.
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Job 33:20
They might feel so bad they can’t eat anything. They might even hate the finest food.
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Psalms 32:3
When I kept silent about my sin, my body became weak because I groaned all day long.
