Psalm 13:2
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2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul,
Having sorrow in my heart daily?
How long will my enemy be exalted over me?
Micah 7:8-10
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Israel’s Confession and Comfort
8 (A)Do not rejoice over me, my enemy;
(B)When I fall, I will arise;
When I sit in darkness,
The Lord will be a light to me.
9 (C)I will bear the indignation of the Lord,
Because I have sinned against Him,
Until He pleads my (D)case
And executes justice for me.
He will bring me forth to the light;
I will see His righteousness.
10 Then she who is my enemy will see,
And (E)shame will cover her who said to me,
(F)“Where is the Lord your God?”
My eyes will see her;
Now she will be trampled down
Like mud in the streets.
Jeremiah 8:18
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The Prophet Mourns for the People
18 I would comfort myself in sorrow;
My heart is faint in me.
Lamentations 1:5
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5 Her adversaries (A)have become [a]the master,
Her enemies prosper;
For the Lord has afflicted her
(B)Because of the multitude of her transgressions.
Her (C)children have gone into captivity before the enemy.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 1:5 Lit. her head
Jeremiah 15:18
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18 Why is my (A)pain perpetual
And my wound incurable,
Which refuses to be healed?
Will You surely be to me (B)like an unreliable stream,
As waters that [a]fail?
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 15:18 Or cannot be trusted
Ecclesiastes 5:17
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17 All his days (A)he also eats in darkness,
And he has much sorrow and sickness and anger.
Proverbs 15:13
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13 (A)A merry heart makes a cheerful [a]countenance,
But (B)by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 15:13 face
Psalm 143:3-4
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3 For the enemy has persecuted my soul;
He has crushed my life to the ground;
He has made me dwell in [a]darkness,
Like those who have long been dead.
4 (A)Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me;
My heart within me is distressed.
Footnotes
- Psalm 143:3 dark places
Psalm 142:4-7
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4 Look on my right hand and see,
For there is no one who acknowledges me;
Refuge has failed me;
No one cares for my soul.
5 I cried out to You, O Lord:
I said, “You are my refuge,
My portion in the land of the living.
6 [a]Attend to my cry,
For I am brought very low;
Deliver me from my persecutors,
For they are stronger than I.
7 Bring my soul out of prison,
That I may (A)praise Your name;
The righteous shall surround me,
For You shall deal bountifully with me.”
Footnotes
- Psalm 142:6 Give heed
Psalm 123:3-4
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3 Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us!
For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
4 Our soul is exceedingly filled
With the scorn of those who are at ease,
With the contempt of the proud.
Psalm 7:2
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Job 23:8-10
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8 “Look,(A) I go forward, but He is not there,
And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
9 When He works on the left hand, I cannot behold Him;
When He turns to the right hand, I cannot see Him.
10 But (B)He knows the way that I take;
When (C)He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.
Philippians 2:27
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27 For indeed he was sick almost unto death; but God had mercy on him, and not only on him but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.
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Romans 9:2
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2 (A)that I have great sorrow and continual grief in my heart.
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John 16:6
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6 But because I have said these things to you, (A)sorrow has filled your heart.
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Luke 22:53
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53 When I was with you daily in the (A)temple, you did not try to seize Me. But this is your (B)hour, and the power of darkness.”
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Matthew 26:38
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38 Then He said to them, (A)“My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with Me.”
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Lamentations 1:9
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9 Her uncleanness is in her skirts;
She (A)did not consider her destiny;
Therefore her collapse was awesome;
She had no comforter.
“O Lord, behold my affliction,
For the enemy is exalted!”
Jeremiah 45:3
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3 ‘You said, “Woe is me now! For the Lord has added grief to my sorrow. I (A)fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.” ’
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Psalm 116:3
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3 (A)The [a]pains of death surrounded me,
And the [b]pangs of Sheol [c]laid hold of me;
I found trouble and sorrow.
Footnotes
- Psalm 116:3 Lit. cords
- Psalm 116:3 distresses
- Psalm 116:3 Lit. found me
Psalm 94:18-19
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18 If I say, “My foot slips,”
Your mercy, O Lord, will hold me up.
19 In the multitude of my anxieties within me,
Your comforts delight my soul.
Psalm 77:2-12
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2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord;
My hand was stretched out in the night without ceasing;
My soul refused to be comforted.
3 I remembered God, and was troubled;
I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah
4 You hold my eyelids open;
I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
5 I have considered the days of old,
The years of ancient times.
6 I call to remembrance my song in the night;
I meditate within my heart,
And my spirit [a]makes diligent search.
7 Will the Lord cast off forever?
And will He be favorable no more?
8 Has His mercy ceased forever?
Has His (A)promise failed [b]forevermore?
9 Has God forgotten to be gracious?
Has He in anger shut up His tender mercies? Selah
10 And I said, “This is my [c]anguish;
But I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High.”
11 I will remember the works of the Lord;
Surely I will remember Your wonders of old.
12 I will also meditate on all Your work,
And talk of Your deeds.
Footnotes
- Psalm 77:6 ponders diligently
- Psalm 77:8 Lit. unto generation and generation
- Psalm 77:10 Lit. infirmity
Psalm 74:18
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18 Remember this, that the enemy has reproached, O Lord,
And that a foolish people has blasphemed Your name.
Psalm 74:10
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10 O God, how long will the adversary [a]reproach?
Will the enemy blaspheme Your name forever?
Footnotes
- Psalm 74:10 revile
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