Psalm 38:8
New Living Translation
8 I am exhausted and completely crushed.
My groans come from an anguished heart.
Psalm 32:3
New Living Translation
3 When I refused to confess my sin,
my body wasted away,
and I groaned all day long.
Job 3:24
New Living Translation
24 I cannot eat for sighing;
my groans pour out like water.
Job 30:28
New Living Translation
28 I walk in gloom, without sunlight.
I stand in the public square and cry for help.
Isaiah 59:11
New Living Translation
11 We growl like hungry bears;
we moan like mournful doves.
We look for justice, but it never comes.
We look for rescue, but it is far away from us.
Psalm 22:1-2
New Living Translation
Psalm 22
For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be sung to the tune “Doe of the Dawn.”
1 My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
Why are you so far away when I groan for help?
2 Every day I call to you, my God, but you do not answer.
Every night I lift my voice, but I find no relief.
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