Psalm 6:6
New King James Version
6 I am weary with my groaning;
[a]All night I make my bed swim;
I drench my couch with my tears.
Footnotes
- Psalm 6:6 Or Every night
Psalm 69:3
New King James Version
Psalm 42:3
New King James Version
3 (A)My tears have been my food day and night,
While they continually say to me,
(B)“Where is your God?”
Psalm 38:9
New King James Version
9 Lord, all my desire is before You;
And my sighing is not hidden from You.
Lamentations 2:18-19
New King James Version
18 Their heart cried out to the Lord,
“O wall of the daughter of Zion,
(A)Let tears run down like a river day and night;
Give yourself no relief;
Give [a]your eyes no rest.
19 “Arise, (B)cry out in the night,
At the beginning of the watches;
(C)Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord.
Lift your hands toward Him
For the life of your young children,
Who faint from hunger (D)at the head of every street.”
Footnotes
- Lamentations 2:18 Lit. the daughter of your eye
Lamentations 2:11
New King James Version
11 (A)My eyes fail with tears,
My [a]heart is troubled;
(B)My [b]bile is poured on the ground
Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people,
Because (C)the children and the infants
Faint in the streets of the city.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 2:11 Lit. inward parts
- Lamentations 2:11 Lit. liver
Lamentations 1:16
New King James Version
16 “For these things I weep;
My eye, (A)my eye overflows with water;
Because the comforter, who should restore my life,
Is far from me.
My children are desolate
Because the enemy prevailed.”
Lamentations 1:2
New King James Version
2 She (A)weeps bitterly in the (B)night,
Her tears are on her cheeks;
Among all her lovers
She has none to comfort her.
All her friends have dealt treacherously with her;
They have become her enemies.
Psalm 102:3-5
New King James Version
3 For my days [a]are (A)consumed like smoke,
And my bones are burned like a hearth.
4 My heart is stricken and withered like grass,
So that I forget to eat my bread.
5 Because of the sound of my groaning
My bones cling to my [b]skin.
Footnotes
- Psalm 102:3 Lit. end in
- Psalm 102:5 flesh
Psalm 77:2-9
New King James Version
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
Footnotes
- Psalm 77:6 ponders diligently
- Psalm 77:8 Lit. unto generation and generation
Job 23:2
New King James Version
Footnotes
- Job 23:2 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX, Syr. His
Job 16:20
New King James Version
20 My friends scorn me;
My eyes pour out tears to God.
Job 7:3
New King James Version
3 So I have been allotted (A)months of futility,
And wearisome nights have been appointed to me.
Luke 7:38
New King James Version
38 and stood at His feet behind Him weeping; and she began to wash His feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head; and she kissed His feet and anointed them with the fragrant oil.
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Jeremiah 14:17
New King James Version
17 “Therefore you shall say this word to them:
(A)‘Let my eyes flow with tears night and day,
And let them not cease;
(B)For the virgin daughter of my people
Has been broken with a mighty stroke, with a very severe blow.
Psalm 143:4-7
New King James Version
4 (A)Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me;
My heart within me is distressed.
5 (B)I remember the days of old;
I meditate on all Your works;
I [a]muse on the work of Your hands.
6 I spread out my hands to You;
(C)My soul longs for You like a thirsty land. Selah
7 Answer me speedily, O Lord;
My spirit fails!
Do not hide Your face from me,
(D)Lest I [b]be like those who [c]go down into the pit.
Footnotes
- Psalm 143:5 ponder
- Psalm 143:7 become
- Psalm 143:7 Die
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 39:12
New King James Version
12 “Hear my prayer, O Lord,
And give ear to my cry;
Do not be silent at my tears;
For I am a stranger with You,
A sojourner, (A)as all my fathers were.
Job 10:1
New King James Version
Job: I Would Plead with God
10 “My (A)soul loathes my life;
I will [a]give free course to my complaint,
(B)I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Footnotes
- Job 10:1 Lit. leave on myself
Lamentations 3:48-50
New King James Version
48 (A)My eyes overflow with rivers of water
For the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49 (B)My eyes flow and do not cease,
Without interruption,
50 Till the Lord from heaven
(C)Looks down and sees.
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