Psalm 119:82
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82 My eyes fail with watching for your promise;
I ask, “When will you comfort me?”(A)
Psalm 69:3
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3 I am weary with my crying;
my throat is parched.
My eyes grow dim
with waiting for my God.(A)
Psalm 119:123
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123 My eyes fail from watching for your salvation
and for the fulfillment of your righteous promise.(A)
Proverbs 13:12
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12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
Lamentations 2:11
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11 My eyes are spent with weeping;
my stomach churns;
my bile is poured out on the ground
because of the destruction of my people,[a]
because infants and babes faint
in the streets of the city.(A)
Footnotes
- 2.11 Heb the daughter of my people
Isaiah 38:11
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11 I said, I shall not see the Lord
in the land of the living;
I shall look upon mortals no more
among the inhabitants of the world.(A)
Psalm 90:13-15
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13 Turn, O Lord! How long?
Have compassion on your servants!(A)
14 Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love,
so that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.(B)
15 Make us glad as many days as you have afflicted us
and as many years as we have seen evil.
Psalm 86:17
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17 Show me a sign of your favor,
so that those who hate me may see it and be put to shame,
because you, Lord, have helped me and comforted me.(A)
Deuteronomy 28:32
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32 Your sons and daughters shall be given to another people while you look on; you will strain your eyes looking for them all day but be powerless to do anything.(A)
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