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

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

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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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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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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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(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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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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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

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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