I lie awake,
And am like a sparrow alone on the housetop.

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I lie awake;(A) I have become
    like a bird alone(B) on a roof.

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You hold my eyelids open;
I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

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You kept my eyes from closing;
    I was too troubled to speak.(A)

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11 My loved ones and my friends (A)stand aloof from my plague,
And my relatives stand afar off.

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11 My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds;(A)
    my neighbors stay far away.

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33 And He (A)took Peter, James, and John with Him, and He began to be troubled and deeply distressed. 34 Then He said to them, (B)“My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch.”

35 He went a little farther, and fell on the ground, and prayed that if it were possible, the hour might pass from Him. 36 And He said, (C)“Abba, Father, (D)all things are possible for You. Take this cup away from Me; (E)nevertheless, not what I will, but what You will.

37 Then He came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “Simon, are you sleeping? Could you not watch one hour?

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33 He took Peter, James and John(A) along with him, and he began to be deeply distressed and troubled. 34 “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death,”(B) he said to them. “Stay here and keep watch.”

35 Going a little farther, he fell to the ground and prayed that if possible the hour(C) might pass from him. 36 “Abba,[a] Father,”(D) he said, “everything is possible for you. Take this cup(E) from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”(F)

37 Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. “Simon,” he said to Peter, “are you asleep? Couldn’t you keep watch for one hour?

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 14:36 Aramaic for father

28 (A)Let him sit alone and keep silent,
Because God has laid it on him;
29 (B)Let him put his mouth in the dust—
There may yet be hope.
30 (C)Let him give his cheek to the one who strikes him,
And be full of reproach.

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28 Let him sit alone in silence,(A)
    for the Lord has laid it on him.
29 Let him bury his face in the dust(B)
    there may yet be hope.(C)
30 Let him offer his cheek to one who would strike him,(D)
    and let him be filled with disgrace.(E)

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(A)My soul waits for the Lord
More than those who watch for the morning—
Yes, more than those who watch for the morning.

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I wait for the Lord
    more than watchmen(A) wait for the morning,
    more than watchmen wait for the morning.(B)

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O My God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not hear;
And in the night season, and am not silent.

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My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer,(A)
    by night,(B) but I find no rest.[a]

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  1. Psalm 22:2 Or night, and am not silent

13 (A)When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me,
My couch will ease my complaint,’
14 Then You scare me with dreams
And terrify me with visions,
15 So that my soul chooses strangling
And death rather than [a]my body.
16 (B)I loathe my life;
I would not live forever.
(C)Let me alone,
For (D)my days are but [b]a breath.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 7:15 Lit. my bones
  2. Job 7:16 Without substance, futile

13 When I think my bed will comfort me
    and my couch will ease my complaint,(A)
14 even then you frighten me with dreams
    and terrify(B) me with visions,(C)
15 so that I prefer strangling and death,(D)
    rather than this body of mine.(E)
16 I despise my life;(F) I would not live forever.(G)
    Let me alone;(H) my days have no meaning.(I)

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66 Your life shall hang in doubt before you; you shall fear day and night, and have no assurance of life. 67 (A)In the morning you shall say, ‘Oh, that it were evening!’ And at evening you shall say, ‘Oh, that it were morning!’ because of the fear which terrifies your heart, and (B)because of the sight which your eyes see.

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66 You will live in constant suspense, filled with dread both night and day, never sure of your life. 67 In the morning you will say, “If only it were evening!” and in the evening, “If only it were morning!”—because of the terror that will fill your hearts and the sights that your eyes will see.(A)

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