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I am bent over and racked with pain.
    All day long I walk around filled with grief.

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28 I walk in gloom, without sunlight.
    I stand in the public square and cry for help.

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14 I was sad, as though they were my friends or family,
    as if I were grieving for my own mother.

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“O God my rock,” I cry,
    “Why have you forgotten me?
Why must I wander around in grief,
    oppressed by my enemies?”

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For you are God, my only safe haven.
    Why have you tossed me aside?
Why must I wander around in grief,
    oppressed by my enemies?

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Why am I discouraged?
    Why is my heart so sad?
I will put my hope in God!
    I will praise him again—
    my Savior and

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14 Delirious, I chattered like a swallow or a crane,
    and then I moaned like a mourning dove.
My eyes grew tired of looking to heaven for help.
    I am in trouble, Lord. Help me!”

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14 The Lord helps the fallen
    and lifts those bent beneath their loads.

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    My eyes are blinded by my tears.
Each day I beg for your help, O Lord;
    I lift my hands to you for mercy.

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My enemies have set a trap for me.
    I am weary from distress.
They have dug a deep pit in my path,
    but they themselves have fallen into it. Interlude

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10 I am dying from grief;
    my years are shortened by sadness.
Sin has drained my strength;
    I am wasting away from within.

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I am worn out from sobbing.
    All night I flood my bed with weeping,
    drenching it with my tears.

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