Isaiah 38:14

American Standard Version (1901)

Like a swallow [or] a crane, so did I chatter; I did moan as a dove; mine eyes fail [with looking] upward: O Lord, I am oppressed, be thou my surety.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 59:11 : 11 We roar all like bears, and moan sore like doves: we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
  • Ps 119:122-123 : 122 Be surety for thy servant for good: Let not the proud oppress me. 123 Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, And for thy righteous word.
  • Job 30:29 : 29 I am a brother to jackals, And a companion to ostriches.
  • Ps 69:3 : 3 I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
  • Ezek 7:16 : 16 But those of them that escape shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, every one in his iniquity.
  • Nah 2:7 : 7 And it is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, beating upon their breasts.
  • Job 17:3 : 3 Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; Who is there that will strike hands with me?
  • Ps 102:4-7 : 4 My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; For I forget to eat my bread. 5 By reason of the voice of my groaning My bones cleave to my flesh. 6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places. 7 I watch, and am become like a sparrow That is alone upon the house-top.
  • Ps 119:82 : 82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, While I say, When wilt thou comfort me?
  • Ps 123:1-4 : 1 [A Song of Ascents]. Unto thee do I lift up mine eyes, O thou that sittest in the heavens. 2 Behold, as the eyes of servants [look] unto the hand of their master, As the eyes of a maid unto the hand of her mistress; So our eyes [look] unto Jehovah our God, Until he have mercy upon us. 3 Have mercy upon us, O Jehovah, have mercy upon us; For we are exceedingly filled with contempt. 4 Our soul is exceedingly filled With the scoffing of those that are at ease, And with the contempt of the proud.
  • Ps 143:7 : 7 Make haste to answer me, O Jehovah; My spirit faileth: Hide not thy face from me, Lest I become like them that go down into the pit.
  • Lam 4:17 : 17 Our eyes do yet fail [in looking] for our vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.

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    15What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.

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    6And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then would I fly away, and be at rest.

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    28I go mourning without the sun: I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.

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    6I am pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

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    18Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! my heart is faint within me.

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    4Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; My heart within me is desolate.

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