Job 30:28
New King James Version
28 (A)I go about mourning, but not in the sun;
I stand up in the assembly and cry out for help.
Psalm 43:2
New King James Version
2 For You are the God of my strength;
Why do You cast me off?
(A)Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Psalm 42:9
New King James Version
9 I will say to God my Rock,
(A)“Why have You forgotten me?
Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”
Psalm 38:6
New King James Version
6 I am [a]troubled, I am bowed down greatly;
I go mourning all the day long.
Footnotes
- Psalm 38:6 Lit. bent down
Lamentations 3:1-3
New King James Version
The Prophet’s Anguish and Hope
3 I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of His wrath.
2 He has led me and made me walk
In darkness and not in light.
3 Surely He has turned His hand against me
Time and time again throughout the day.
Isaiah 53:3-4
New King James Version
3 (A)He is despised and [a]rejected by men,
A Man of [b]sorrows and (B)acquainted with [c]grief.
And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him;
He was despised, and (C)we did not esteem Him.
4 Surely (D)He has borne our [d]griefs
And carried our [e]sorrows;
Yet we [f]esteemed Him stricken,
[g]Smitten by God, and afflicted.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 53:3 Or forsaken
- Isaiah 53:3 Lit. pains
- Isaiah 53:3 Lit. sickness
- Isaiah 53:4 Lit. sicknesses
- Isaiah 53:4 Lit. pains
- Isaiah 53:4 reckoned
- Isaiah 53:4 Struck down
Job 19:7
New King James Version
7 “If I cry out concerning [a]wrong, I am not heard.
If I cry aloud, there is no justice.
Footnotes
- Job 19:7 violence
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