Isaiah 38:14
New Living Translation
14 Delirious, I chattered like a swallow or a crane,
and then I moaned like a mourning dove.
My eyes grew tired of looking to heaven for help.
I am in trouble, Lord. Help me!”
Isaiah 59:11
New Living Translation
11 We growl like hungry bears;
we moan like mournful doves.
We look for justice, but it never comes.
We look for rescue, but it is far away from us.
Nahum 2:7
New Living Translation
7 Nineveh’s exile has been decreed,
and all the servant girls mourn its capture.
They moan like doves
and beat their breasts in sorrow.
Ezekiel 7:16
New Living Translation
16 The survivors who escape to the mountains
will moan like doves, weeping for their sins.
Psalm 123
New Living Translation
Psalm 123
A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem.
1 I lift my eyes to you,
O God, enthroned in heaven.
2 We keep looking to the Lord our God for his mercy,
just as servants keep their eyes on their master,
as a slave girl watches her mistress for the slightest signal.
3 Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy,
for we have had our fill of contempt.
4 We have had more than our fill of the scoffing of the proud
and the contempt of the arrogant.
Psalm 119:122-123
New Living Translation
122 Please guarantee a blessing for me.
Don’t let the arrogant oppress me!
123 My eyes strain to see your rescue,
to see the truth of your promise fulfilled.
Psalm 69:3
New Living Translation
3 I am exhausted from crying for help;
my throat is parched.
My eyes are swollen with weeping,
waiting for my God to help me.
Job 30:29
New Living Translation
29 Instead, I am considered a brother to jackals
and a companion to owls.
Lamentations 4:17
New Living Translation
17 We looked in vain for our allies
to come and save us,
but we were looking to nations
that could not help us.
Psalm 143:7
New Living Translation
7 Come quickly, Lord, and answer me,
for my depression deepens.
Don’t turn away from me,
or I will die.
Psalm 119:82
New Living Translation
82 My eyes are straining to see your promises come true.
When will you comfort me?
Psalm 102:4-7
New Living Translation
4 My heart is sick, withered like grass,
and I have lost my appetite.
5 Because of my groaning,
I am reduced to skin and bones.
6 I am like an owl in the desert,
like a little owl in a far-off wilderness.
7 I lie awake,
lonely as a solitary bird on the roof.
Job 17:3
New Living Translation
3 “You must defend my innocence, O God,
since no one else will stand up for me.
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