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Psalms 69:3
I am exhausted from shouting for help; my throat is sore; my eyes grow tired of looking for my God.
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Psalms 42:3
I cannot eat, I weep day and night; all day long they say to me,“ Where is your God?”
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Psalms 38:9
O Lord, you understand my heart’s desire; my groaning is not hidden from you.
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Lamentations 3:48-50
Streams of tears flow from my eyes because my people are destroyed.ע( Ayin)Tears flow from my eyes and will not stop; there will be no breakuntil the LORD looks down from heaven and sees what has happened.
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Psalms 77:2-9
In my time of trouble I sought the Lord. I kept my hand raised in prayer throughout the night. I refused to be comforted.I said,“ I will remember God while I groan; I will think about him while my strength leaves me.”( Selah)You held my eyelids open; I was troubled and could not speak.I thought about the days of old, about ancient times.I said,“ During the night I will remember the song I once sang; I will think very carefully.” I tried to make sense of what was happening.I asked,“ Will the Lord reject me forever? Will he never again show me his favor?Has his loyal love disappeared forever? Has his promise failed forever?Has God forgotten to be merciful? Has his anger stifled his compassion?”
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Psalms 143:4-7
My strength leaves me; I am absolutely shocked.I recall the old days; I meditate on all you have done; I reflect on your accomplishments.I spread my hands out to you in prayer; my soul thirsts for you in a parched land.Answer me quickly, LORD! My strength is fading. Do not reject me, or I will join those descending into the grave.
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Lamentations 1:16
I weep because of these things; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one in sight who can comfort me or encourage me. My children are desolated because an enemy has prevailed.פ( Pe)
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Job 16:20
My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God;
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Lamentations 1:2
She weeps bitterly at night; tears stream down her cheeks. She has no one to comfort her among all her lovers. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.ג( Gimel)
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Psalms 88:9
My eyes grow weak because of oppression. I call out to you, O LORD, all day long; I spread out my hands in prayer to you.
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Luke 7:38
As she stood behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. She wiped them with her hair, kissed them, and anointed them with the perfumed oil.
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Psalms 102:3-5
For my days go up in smoke, and my bones are charred like a fireplace.My heart is parched and withered like grass, for I am unable to eat food.Because of the anxiety that makes me groan, my bones protrude from my skin.
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Psalms 39:12
Hear my prayer, O LORD! Listen to my cry for help! Do not ignore my sobbing! For I am dependent on you, like one residing outside his native land; I am at your mercy, just as all my ancestors were.
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Jeremiah 14:17
“ Tell these people this, Jeremiah:‘ My eyes overflow with tears day and night without ceasing. For my people, my dear children, have suffered a crushing blow. They have suffered a serious wound.
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Job 10:1
“ I am weary of my life; I will complain without restraint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
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Job 7:3
thus I have been made to inherit months of futility, and nights of sorrow have been appointed to me.
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Lamentations 2:11
My eyes are worn out from weeping; my stomach is in knots. My heart is poured out on the ground due to the destruction of my helpless people; children and infants faint in the town squares.ל( Lamed)
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Job 23:2
“ Even today my complaint is still bitter; his hand is heavy despite my groaning.
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Lamentations 2:18-19
Cry out from your heart to the Lord, O wall of Daughter Zion! Make your tears flow like a river all day and all night long! Do not rest; do not let your tears stop!ק( Qof)Get up! Cry out in the night when the night watches start! Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord! Lift up your hands to him for your children’s lives; they are fainting at every street corner.ר( Resh)
