Isaiah 38:14
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14 Like (A)a swallow or a crane I chirp;
(B)I moan like a dove.
(C)My eyes are weary with looking upward.
O Lord, I am oppressed; (D)be my pledge of safety!
Isaiah 59:11
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11 We all growl like bears;
(A)we moan and moan like doves;
(B)we hope for justice, but there is none;
for salvation, but it is far from us.
Nahum 2:7
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7 its mistress[a] is (A)stripped;[b] she is carried off,
her slave girls (B)lamenting,
moaning like doves
and beating their breasts.
Ezekiel 7:16
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16 (A)And if any survivors escape, they will be on the mountains, like (B)doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, each one over his iniquity.
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Psalm 123
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Our Eyes Look to the Lord Our God
A Song of (A)Ascents.
123 To you I (B)lift up my eyes,
O you who are (C)enthroned in the heavens!
2 Behold, as the eyes of servants
look to the hand of their master,
as the eyes of a maidservant
to the hand of her mistress,
so our eyes look to the Lord our God,
till he has mercy upon us.
3 (D)Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us,
for we have had more than enough of (E)contempt.
4 Our soul has had more than enough
of (F)the scorn of (G)those who are at ease,
of the contempt of (H)the proud.
Psalm 119:122-123
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122 Give your servant (A)a pledge of good;
let not (B)the insolent oppress me.
123 My (C)eyes long for your salvation
and for the fulfillment of your righteous promise.
Psalm 69:3
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3 (A)I am weary with my crying out;
(B)my throat is parched.
(C)My eyes grow dim
with (D)waiting for my God.
Job 30:29
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Lamentations 4:17
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17 (A)Our eyes failed, ever watching
(B)vainly for help;
in our watching we watched
for (C)a nation which could not save.
Psalm 143:7
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7 (A)Answer me quickly, O Lord!
(B)My spirit fails!
(C)Hide not your face from me,
(D)lest I be like those who go down to the pit.
Psalm 119:82
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Psalm 102:4-7
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4 My heart is (A)struck down like grass and (B)has withered;
I (C)forget to eat my bread.
5 Because of my loud groaning
my (D)bones cling to my flesh.
6 I am like (E)a desert owl of the wilderness,
like an owl[a] of the waste places;
7 I (F)lie awake;
I am like a lonely sparrow on the housetop.
Footnotes
- Psalm 102:6 The precise identity of these birds is uncertain
Job 17:3
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3 “Lay down a pledge for me with you;
who is there who will put up (A)security for me?
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