Job 19:10
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10 He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone;
he has uprooted my hope like a tree.(A)
Job 24:20
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20 The womb forgets them;
the worm finds them sweet;
they are no longer remembered,
so wickedness is broken like a tree.(A)
Psalm 37:35-36
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2 Corinthians 4:8-9
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8 We are afflicted in every way but not crushed, perplexed but not driven to despair, 9 persecuted but not forsaken, struck down but not destroyed,
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Job 12:14
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14 If he tears down, no one can rebuild;
if he shuts someone in, no one can open up.(A)
Lamentations 2:5-6
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5 The Lord has become like an enemy;
he has destroyed Israel.
He has destroyed all its palaces,
laid in ruins its strongholds,
and multiplied in daughter Judah
mourning and lamentation.(A)
6 He has broken down his booth like a garden;
he has destroyed his tabernacle;
the Lord has abolished in Zion
festival and Sabbath
and in his fierce indignation has spurned
king and priest.(B)
Psalm 102:11
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11 My days are like a lengthening shadow;
I wither away like grass.(A)
Psalm 88:13-18
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13 But I, O Lord, cry out to you;
in the morning my prayer comes before you.(A)
14 O Lord, why do you cast me off?
Why do you hide your face from me?(B)
15 Wretched and close to death from my youth up,
I suffer your terrors; I am desperate.[a](C)
16 Your wrath has swept over me;
your dread assaults destroy me.
17 They surround me like a flood all day long;
from all sides they close in on me.(D)
18 You have caused friend and neighbor to shun me;
my companions are in darkness.(E)
Footnotes
- 88.15 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Job 17:15
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15 where then is my hope?
Who will see my hope?(A)
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