Isaiah 38:14
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14 Like a swallow or a crane[a] I clamor;
I moan like a dove.
My eyes are weary with looking upward.
O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security!(A)
Footnotes
- 38.14 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Isaiah 59:11
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11 We all growl like bears;
like doves we moan mournfully.
We wait for justice, but there is none;
for salvation, but it is far from us.(A)
Psalm 69:3
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3 I am weary with my crying;
my throat is parched.
My eyes grow dim
with waiting for my God.(A)
Nahum 2:7
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7 It is decreed[a] that the city[b] be exiled,
its slave women led away,
moaning like doves
and beating their breasts.(A)
Ezekiel 7:16
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16 If any survivors escape,
they shall be found on the mountains
like doves of the valleys,
all of them moaning over their iniquity.(A)
Psalm 123
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Psalm 123
Supplication for Mercy
A Song of Ascents.
1 To you I lift up my eyes,
O you who are enthroned in the heavens!(A)
2 As the eyes of servants
look to the hand of their master,
as the eyes of a maid
to the hand of her mistress,
so our eyes look to the Lord our God,
until he has mercy upon us.(B)
3 Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us,
for we have had more than enough of contempt.(C)
4 Our soul has had more than its fill
of the scorn of those who are at ease,
of the contempt of the proud.(D)
Psalm 119:122-123
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122 Guarantee your servant’s well-being;
do not let the godless oppress me.(A)
123 My eyes fail from watching for your salvation
and for the fulfillment of your righteous promise.(B)
Job 30:29
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29 I am a brother of jackals
and a companion of ostriches.(A)
Lamentations 4:17
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17 Our eyes failed, ever watching
vainly for help;
we were watching eagerly
for a nation that could not save.(A)
Psalm 143:7
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7 Answer me quickly, O Lord;
my spirit fails.
Do not hide your face from me,
or I shall be like those who go down to the Pit.(A)
Psalm 119:82
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82 My eyes fail with watching for your promise;
I ask, “When will you comfort me?”(A)
Psalm 102:4-7
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4 My heart is stricken and withered like grass;
I am too wasted to eat my bread.(A)
5 Because of my loud groaning,
my bones cling to my skin.(B)
6 I am like a desert owl[a] of the wilderness,
like a little owl of the waste places.(C)
7 I lie awake;
I am like a lonely bird on the housetop.(D)
Footnotes
- 102.6 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Job 17:3
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3 “Lay down a pledge for me with yourself;
who is there who will give surety for me?(A)
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