I am (A)weary with my (B)moaning;
    every night I flood my bed with tears;
    I drench my couch with my weeping.

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I am worn out(A) from my groaning.(B)

All night long I flood my bed with weeping(C)
    and drench my couch with tears.(D)

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(A)I am weary with my crying out;
    (B)my throat is parched.
(C)My eyes grow dim
    with (D)waiting for my God.

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I am worn out calling for help;(A)
    my throat is parched.
My eyes fail,(B)
    looking for my God.

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(A)My tears have been my food
    day and night,
(B)while they say to me all the day long,
    “Where is your God?”

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My tears(A) have been my food
    day and night,
while people say to me all day long,
    “Where is your God?”(B)

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O Lord, all my longing is before you;
    my (A)sighing is not hidden from you.

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All my longings(A) lie open before you, Lord;
    my sighing(B) is not hidden from you.

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38 and standing behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears and (A)wiped them with the hair of her head and kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment.

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38 As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them.

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48 (A)my eyes flow with rivers of tears
    because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.

49 (B)“My eyes will flow without ceasing,
    without respite,
50 (C)until the Lord from heaven
    looks down and sees;

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48 Streams of tears(A) flow from my eyes(B)
    because my people are destroyed.(C)

49 My eyes will flow unceasingly,
    without relief,(D)
50 until the Lord looks down
    from heaven and sees.(E)

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18 Their heart cried to the Lord.
    O (A)wall of the daughter of Zion,
(B)let tears stream down like a torrent
    (C)day and night!
(D)Give yourself no rest,
    (E)your eyes no respite!

19 “Arise, (F)cry out in the night,
    at the beginning of the night watches!
(G)Pour out your heart like water
    before the presence of the Lord!
(H)Lift your hands to him
    for the lives of your children,
(I)who faint for hunger
    at the head of every street.”

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18 The hearts of the people
    cry out to the Lord.(A)
You walls of Daughter Zion,(B)
    let your tears(C) flow like a river
    day and night;(D)
give yourself no relief,
    your eyes no rest.(E)

19 Arise, cry out in the night,
    as the watches of the night begin;
pour out your heart(F) like water
    in the presence of the Lord.(G)
Lift up your hands(H) to him
    for the lives of your children,
who faint(I) from hunger
    at every street corner.

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11 (A)My eyes are spent with weeping;
    (B)my stomach churns;
(C)my bile is poured out to the ground
    (D)because of the destruction of the daughter of my people,
(E)because infants and babies (F)faint
    in the streets of the city.

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11 My eyes fail from weeping,(A)
    I am in torment within(B);
my heart(C) is poured out(D) on the ground
    because my people are destroyed,(E)
because children and infants faint(F)
    in the streets of the city.

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16 “For these things (A)I weep;
    my eyes flow with tears;
for (B)a comforter is far from me,
    one to (C)revive my spirit;
my children are desolate,
    for the enemy has prevailed.”

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16 “This is why I weep
    and my eyes overflow with tears.(A)
No one is near to comfort(B) me,
    no one to restore my spirit.
My children are destitute
    because the enemy has prevailed.”(C)

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(A)She weeps bitterly in the night,
    with tears on her cheeks;
(B)among all her lovers
    she has (C)none to comfort her;
(D)all her friends have dealt treacherously with her;
    they have become her enemies.

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Bitterly she weeps(A) at night,
    tears are on her cheeks.
Among all her lovers(B)
    there is no one to comfort her.
All her friends have betrayed(C) her;
    they have become her enemies.(D)

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17 “You shall say to them this word:
(A)‘Let my eyes run down with tears night and day,
    and let them not cease,
for the virgin (B)daughter of my people is shattered with a great wound,
    (C)with a very grievous blow.

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17 “Speak this word to them:

“‘Let my eyes overflow with tears(A)
    night and day without ceasing;
for the Virgin(B) Daughter, my people,
    has suffered a grievous wound,
    a crushing blow.(C)

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Therefore my spirit (A)faints within me;
    my heart within me is appalled.

(B)I remember the days of old;
    (C)I meditate on all that you have done;
    I ponder the work of your hands.
(D)I stretch out my hands to you;
    (E)my soul thirsts for you like (F)a parched land. Selah

(G)Answer me quickly, O Lord!
    (H)My spirit fails!
(I)Hide not your face from me,
    (J)lest I be like those who go down to the pit.

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So my spirit grows faint within me;
    my heart within me is dismayed.(A)
I remember(B) the days of long ago;
    I meditate(C) on all your works
    and consider what your hands have done.
I spread out my hands(D) to you;
    I thirst for you like a parched land.[a]

Answer me quickly,(E) Lord;
    my spirit fails.(F)
Do not hide your face(G) from me
    or I will be like those who go down to the pit.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 143:6 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.

For my days (A)pass away like smoke,
    and my (B)bones burn like a furnace.
My heart is (C)struck down like grass and (D)has withered;
    I (E)forget to eat my bread.
Because of my loud groaning
    my (F)bones cling to my flesh.

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For my days vanish like smoke;(A)
    my bones(B) burn like glowing embers.
My heart is blighted and withered like grass;(C)
    I forget to eat my food.(D)
In my distress I groan aloud(E)
    and am reduced to skin and bones.

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