Psalm 6:6
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6 I am (A)weary with my (B)moaning;
every night I flood my bed with tears;
I drench my couch with my weeping.
Psalm 69:3
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3 (A)I am weary with my crying out;
(B)my throat is parched.
(C)My eyes grow dim
with (D)waiting for my God.
Psalm 42:3
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3 (A)My tears have been my food
day and night,
(B)while they say to me all the day long,
“Where is your God?”
Psalm 38:9
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9 O Lord, all my longing is before you;
my (A)sighing is not hidden from you.
Luke 7:38
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38 and standing behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears and (A)wiped them with the hair of her head and kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment.
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Lamentations 3:48-50
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48 (A)my eyes flow with rivers of tears
because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49 (B)“My eyes will flow without ceasing,
without respite,
50 (C)until the Lord from heaven
looks down and sees;
Lamentations 2:18-19
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18 Their heart cried to the Lord.
O (A)wall of the daughter of Zion,
(B)let tears stream down like a torrent
(C)day and night!
(D)Give yourself no rest,
(E)your eyes no respite!
19 “Arise, (F)cry out in the night,
at the beginning of the night watches!
(G)Pour out your heart like water
before the presence of the Lord!
(H)Lift your hands to him
for the lives of your children,
(I)who faint for hunger
at the head of every street.”
Lamentations 1:16
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16 “For these things (A)I weep;
my eyes flow with tears;
for (B)a comforter is far from me,
one to (C)revive my spirit;
my children are desolate,
for the enemy has prevailed.”
Lamentations 1:2
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2 (A)She weeps bitterly in the night,
with tears on her cheeks;
(B)among all her lovers
she has (C)none to comfort her;
(D)all her friends have dealt treacherously with her;
they have become her enemies.
Jeremiah 14:17
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17 “You shall say to them this word:
(A)‘Let my eyes run down with tears night and day,
and let them not cease,
for the virgin (B)daughter of my people is shattered with a great wound,
(C)with a very grievous blow.
Psalm 143:4-7
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4 Therefore my spirit (A)faints within me;
my heart within me is appalled.
5 (B)I remember the days of old;
(C)I meditate on all that you have done;
I ponder the work of your hands.
6 (D)I stretch out my hands to you;
(E)my soul thirsts for you like (F)a parched land. Selah
7 (G)Answer me quickly, O Lord!
(H)My spirit fails!
(I)Hide not your face from me,
(J)lest I be like those who go down to the pit.
Psalm 88:9
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9 (A)my eye grows dim through sorrow.
Every day I call upon you, O Lord;
I (B)spread out my hands to you.
Psalm 77:2-9
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2 (A)In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord;
in (B)the night my (C)hand is stretched out without wearying;
my soul (D)refuses to be comforted.
3 When I remember God, I (E)moan;
when I meditate, my spirit faints. Selah
4 You hold my eyelids open;
I am so (F)troubled that I cannot speak.
5 I consider (G)the days of old,
the years long ago.
6 I said,[a] “Let me remember my (H)song in the night;
let me (I)meditate in my heart.”
Then my spirit made a diligent search:
7 “Will the Lord (J)spurn forever,
and never again (K)be favorable?
8 Has his steadfast love forever ceased?
Are his (L)promises at an end for all time?
9 (M)Has God forgotten to be gracious?
(N)Has he in anger shut up his compassion?” Selah
Footnotes
- Psalm 77:6 Hebrew lacks I said
Psalm 39:12
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12 (A)“Hear my prayer, O Lord,
and give ear to my cry;
hold not your peace at my tears!
For I am (B)a sojourner with you,
(C)a guest, like all my fathers.
Job 23:2
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Footnotes
- Job 23:2 Or defiant
Job 16:20
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20 My friends (A)scorn me;
my eye pours out tears to God,
Job 10:1
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Job Continues: A Plea to God
10 “I (A)loathe my life;
I will give free utterance to my (B)complaint;
I will speak in (C)the bitterness of my soul.
Job 7:3
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