Psalm 42:9
New King James Version
9 I will say to God my Rock,
(A)“Why have You forgotten me?
Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”
Psalm 38:6
New King James Version
6 I am [a]troubled, I am bowed down greatly;
I go mourning all the day long.
Footnotes
- Psalm 38:6 Lit. bent down
Psalm 43:2
New King James Version
2 For You are the God of my strength;
Why do You cast me off?
(A)Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Psalm 18:2
New King James Version
2 The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;
My God, my [a]strength, (A)in whom I will trust;
My shield and the [b]horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
Footnotes
- Psalm 18:2 Lit. rock
- Psalm 18:2 Strength
Lamentations 5:1-16
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Prayer for Restoration
5 Remember, (A)O Lord, what has come upon us;
Look, and behold (B)our reproach!
2 (C)Our inheritance has been turned over to aliens,
And our houses to foreigners.
3 We have become orphans and waifs,
Our mothers are like (D)widows.
4 We pay for the water we drink,
And our wood comes at a price.
5 (E)They pursue at our [a]heels;
We labor and have no rest.
6 (F)We have given our hand (G)to the Egyptians
And the (H)Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
7 (I)Our fathers sinned and are no more,
But we bear their iniquities.
8 Servants rule over us;
There is none to deliver us from their hand.
9 We get our bread at the risk of our lives,
Because of the sword in the wilderness.
10 Our skin is hot as an oven,
Because of the fever of famine.
11 They (J)ravished the women in Zion,
The maidens in the cities of Judah.
12 Princes were hung up by their hands,
And elders were not respected.
13 Young men (K)ground at the millstones;
Boys staggered under loads of wood.
14 The elders have ceased gathering at the gate,
And the young men from their (L)music.
15 The joy of our heart has ceased;
Our dance has turned into (M)mourning.
16 (N)The crown has fallen from our head.
Woe to us, for we have sinned!
Footnotes
- Lamentations 5:5 Lit. necks
Isaiah 40:27
New King James Version
27 (A)Why do you say, O Jacob,
And speak, O Israel:
“My way is hidden from the Lord,
And my just claim is passed over by my God”?
Psalm 62:2
New King James Version
Footnotes
- Psalm 62:2 strong tower
- Psalm 62:2 shaken
Psalm 44:23-24
New King James Version
23 (A)Awake! Why do You sleep, O Lord?
Arise! Do not cast us off forever.
24 (B)Why do You hide Your face,
And forget our affliction and our oppression?
Psalm 28:1
New King James Version
Rejoicing in Answered Prayer
A Psalm of David.
28 To You I will cry, O Lord my Rock:
(A)Do not be silent to me,
(B)Lest, if You are silent to me,
I become like those who go down to the pit.
Isaiah 49:15
New King James Version
15 “Can(A) a woman forget her nursing child,
[a]And not have compassion on the son of her womb?
Surely they may forget,
(B)Yet I will not forget you.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 49:15 Lit. From having compassion
Ecclesiastes 4:1
New King James Version
The Uselessness of Selfish Toil
4 Then I returned and considered all the (A)oppression that is done under the sun:
And look! The tears of the oppressed,
But they have no comforter—
[a]On the side of their oppressors there is power,
But they have no comforter.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 4:1 Lit. At the hand
Psalm 88:9
New King James Version
9 My eye wastes away because of affliction.
(A)Lord, I have called daily upon You;
I have stretched out my hands to You.
Psalm 78:35
New King James Version
Psalm 77:9
New King James Version
9 Has God forgotten to be gracious?
Has He in anger shut up His tender mercies? Selah
Psalm 62:6-7
New King James Version
6 He only is my rock and my salvation;
He is my defense;
I shall not be [a]moved.
7 (A)In God is my salvation and my glory;
The rock of my strength,
And my refuge, is in God.
Footnotes
- Psalm 62:6 shaken
Psalm 55:3
New King James Version
3 Because of the voice of the enemy,
Because of the oppression of the wicked;
(A)For they bring down trouble upon me,
And in wrath they hate me.
Psalm 22:1-2
New King James Version
The Suffering, Praise, and Posterity of the Messiah
To the Chief Musician. Set to [a]“The Deer of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David.
22 My (A)God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?
Why are You so far from helping Me,
And from the words of My groaning?
2 O My God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not hear;
And in the night season, and am not silent.
Footnotes
- Psalm 22:1 Heb. Aijeleth Hashahar
Psalm 13:1
New King James Version
Trust in the Salvation of the Lord
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
13 How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever?
(A)How long will You hide Your face from me?
Job 30:26-31
New King James Version
26 (A)But when I looked for good, evil came to me;
And when I waited for light, then came darkness.
27 [a]My heart is in turmoil and cannot rest;
Days of affliction confront me.
28 (B)I go about mourning, but not in the sun;
I stand up in the assembly and cry out for help.
29 (C)I am a brother of jackals,
And a companion of ostriches.
30 (D)My skin grows black and falls from me;
(E)My bones burn with fever.
31 My harp is turned to mourning,
And my flute to the voice of those who weep.
Footnotes
- Job 30:27 I seethe inside
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