Isaiah 38:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I mourned as a dove: my eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.

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  • Isa 59:11 : 11 We all roar like bears, and mourn deeply like doves: we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.
  • Ps 119:122-123 : 122 Be surety for Your servant for good; do not let the proud oppress me. 123 My eyes fail from seeking Your salvation and Your righteous word.
  • Job 30:29 : 29 I am a brother to jackals, and a companion to owls.
  • Ps 69:3 : 3 I am weary of my crying; my throat is dry; my eyes fail while I wait for my God.
  • Ezek 7:16 : 16 But those who escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, everyone for his iniquity.
  • Nah 2:7 : 7 And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.
  • Job 17:3 : 3 Put down now, give me a pledge with You; who is he that will strike hands with me?
  • Ps 102:4-7 : 4 My heart is stricken and withered like grass, so I forget to eat my bread. 5 Because of the voice of my groaning, my bones cling to my skin. 6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am like an owl of the desert. 7 I watch, and am like a sparrow alone upon the housetop.
  • Ps 119:82 : 82 My eyes fail with longing for Your word, saying, 'When will You comfort me?'
  • Ps 123:1-4 : 1 To you I lift up my eyes, O you who dwell in the heavens. 2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the LORD our God, until he has mercy upon us. 3 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us, for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. 4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorn of those who are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
  • Ps 143:7 : 7 Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails: do not hide Your face from me, lest I be like those who go down into the pit.
  • Lam 4:17 : 17 As for us, our eyes failed as we watched for a nation that could not save us.

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    6I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am like an owl of the desert.

    7I watch, and am like a sparrow alone upon the housetop.

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    15What shall I say? He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.

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

  • Isa 38:12-13
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    12My lifespan is gone, taken from me like a shepherd's tent: I have cut off my life like a weaver; He cuts me off with pining sickness: from day to night You make an end of me.

    13I counted till morning, that as a lion, so will He break all my bones: from day to night You make an end of me.

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    8I am feeble and severely broken; I have roared because of the disquiet of my heart.

    9Lord, all my desire is before you, and my groaning is not hidden from you.

    10My heart pants, my strength fails me; as for the light of my eyes, it also has gone from me.

  • Job 30:28
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    28I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.

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

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    18When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint within me.

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    3I am weary of my crying; my throat is dry; my eyes fail while I wait for my God.

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    1In the LORD I put my trust; how can you say to my soul, 'Flee as a bird to your mountain'?

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    15For in you, O LORD, do I hope; you will hear, O Lord my God.

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

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    9Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: my eye is consumed with grief, yes, my soul and my body.

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    17For I am ready to fall, and my sorrow is continually before me.

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    20Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my heart is troubled; my heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaves, at home there is as death.

    21They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have done it: you will bring the day that you have promised, and they shall be like me.

    22Let all their wickedness come before you; and do unto them, as you have done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.

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    82My eyes fail with longing for Your word, saying, 'When will You comfort me?'