Psalm 69:3
New Living Translation
3 I am exhausted from crying for help;
my throat is parched.
My eyes are swollen with weeping,
waiting for my God to help me.
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.
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 119:123
New Living Translation
123 My eyes strain to see your rescue,
to see the truth of your promise fulfilled.
Psalm 119:82
New Living Translation
82 My eyes are straining to see your promises come true.
When will you comfort me?
Deuteronomy 28:32
New Living Translation
32 You will watch as your sons and daughters are taken away as slaves. Your heart will break for them, but you won’t be able to help them.
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Hebrews 5:7
New Living Translation
7 While Jesus was here on earth, he offered prayers and pleadings, with a loud cry and tears, to the one who could rescue him from death. And God heard his prayers because of his deep reverence for God.
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John 19:28
New Living Translation
The Death of Jesus
28 Jesus knew that his mission was now finished, and to fulfill Scripture he said, “I am thirsty.”[a]
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Lamentations 2:11
New Living Translation
11 I have cried until the tears no longer come;
my heart is broken.
My spirit is poured out in agony
as I see the desperate plight of my people.
Little children and tiny babies
are fainting and dying in the streets.
Psalm 69:21
New Living Translation
21 But instead, they give me poison[a] for food;
they offer me sour wine for my thirst.
Footnotes
- 69:21 Or gall.
Psalm 39:7
New Living Translation
7 And so, Lord, where do I put my hope?
My only hope is in you.
Psalm 25:21
New Living Translation
21 May integrity and honesty protect me,
for I put my hope in you.
Psalm 22:15
New Living Translation
15 My strength has dried up like sunbaked clay.
My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.
You have laid me in the dust and left me for dead.
Psalm 22:2
New Living Translation
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.
Psalm 13:1-3
New Living Translation
Psalm 13
For the choir director: A psalm of David.
1 O Lord, how long will you forget me? Forever?
How long will you look the other way?
2 How long must I struggle with anguish in my soul,
with sorrow in my heart every day?
How long will my enemy have the upper hand?
3 Turn and answer me, O Lord my God!
Restore the sparkle to my eyes, or I will die.
Job 16:16
New Living Translation
16 My eyes are red with weeping;
dark shadows circle my eyes.
Job 11:20
New Living Translation
20 But the wicked will be blinded.
They will have no escape.
Their only hope is death.”
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