Psalm 38:6
New Living Translation
6 I am bent over and racked with pain.
All day long I walk around filled with grief.
Job 30:28
New Living Translation
28 I walk in gloom, without sunlight.
I stand in the public square and cry for help.
Psalm 35:14
New Living Translation
14 I was sad, as though they were my friends or family,
as if I were grieving for my own mother.
Psalm 42:9
New Living Translation
9 “O God my rock,” I cry,
“Why have you forgotten me?
Why must I wander around in grief,
oppressed by my enemies?”
Psalm 43:2
New Living Translation
2 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?
Psalm 42:5
New Living Translation
5 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
Isaiah 38:14
New Living Translation
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!”
Psalm 145:14
New Living Translation
14 The Lord helps the fallen
and lifts those bent beneath their loads.
Psalm 88:9
New Living Translation
9 My eyes are blinded by my tears.
Each day I beg for your help, O Lord;
I lift my hands to you for mercy.
Psalm 57:6
New Living Translation
6 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
Psalm 31:10
New Living Translation
10 I am dying from grief;
my years are shortened by sadness.
Sin has drained my strength;
I am wasting away from within.
Psalm 6:6
New Living Translation
6 I am worn out from sobbing.
All night I flood my bed with weeping,
drenching it with my tears.
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