Verse 8

I am feeble and crushed down; I gave a cry like a lion because of the grief in my heart.

Referenced Verses

  • Job 3:24 : 24 In place of my food I have grief, and cries of sorrow come from me like water.
  • Ps 32:3 : 3 When I kept my mouth shut, my bones were wasted, because of my crying all through the day.
  • Isa 59:11 : 11 We make noises of grief, like bears, and sad sounds like doves: we are looking for our right, but it is not there; for salvation, but it is far from us.
  • Job 30:28 : 28 I go about in dark clothing, uncomforted; I get up in the public place, crying out for help.
  • Ps 22:1-2 : 1 <To the chief music-maker on Aijeleth-hash-shahar. A Psalm. Of David.> My God, my God, why are you turned away from me? why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my crying? 2 O my God, I make my cry in the day, and you give no answer; and in the night, and have no rest.