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Jonah 2:1-10
Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from inside the fish.He said,“ I cried out to the Lord in my great trouble, and he answered me. I called to you from the land of the dead, and Lord, you heard me!You threw me into the ocean depths, and I sank down to the heart of the sea. The mighty waters engulfed me; I was buried beneath your wild and stormy waves.Then I said,‘ O Lord, you have driven me from your presence. Yet I will look once more toward your holy Temple.’“ I sank beneath the waves, and the waters closed over me. Seaweed wrapped itself around my head.I sank down to the very roots of the mountains. I was imprisoned in the earth, whose gates lock shut forever. But you, O Lord my God, snatched me from the jaws of death!As my life was slipping away, I remembered the Lord. And my earnest prayer went out to you in your holy Temple.Those who worship false gods turn their backs on all God’s mercies.But I will offer sacrifices to you with songs of praise, and I will fulfill all my vows. For my salvation comes from the Lord alone.”Then the Lord ordered the fish to spit Jonah out onto the beach.
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Psalms 32:3
When I refused to confess my sin, my body wasted away, and I groaned all day long.
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Psalms 102:9
I eat ashes for food. My tears run down into my drink
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Psalms 102:3-5
For my days disappear like smoke, and my bones burn like red hot coals.My heart is sick, withered like grass, and I have lost my appetite.Because of my groaning, I am reduced to skin and bones.
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Psalms 31:9
Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am in distress. Tears blur my eyes. My body and soul are withering away.
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Isaiah 52:14
But many were amazed when they saw him. His face was so disfigured he seemed hardly human, and from his appearance, one would scarcely know he was a man.
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Job 17:7
My eyes are swollen with weeping, and I am but a shadow of my former self.
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Psalms 69:3
I am exhausted from crying for help; my throat is parched. My eyes are swollen with weeping, waiting for my God to help me.
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Psalms 116:3
Death wrapped its ropes around me; the terrors of the grave overtook me. I saw only trouble and sorrow.
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Lamentations 1:16
“ For all these things I weep; tears flow down my cheeks. No one is here to comfort me; any who might encourage me are far away. My children have no future, for the enemy has conquered us.”
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Mark 14:34
He told them,“ My soul is crushed with grief to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.”
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Psalms 6:6-7
I am worn out from sobbing. All night I flood my bed with weeping, drenching it with my tears.My vision is blurred by grief; my eyes are worn out because of all my enemies.