Isaiah 38:14

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Like a swallow or a thrush I chirp, I coo like a dove; my eyes grow tired from looking up to the sky. O Lord, I am oppressed; help me!

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 59:11 : 11 We all growl like bears, we coo mournfully like doves; we wait for deliverance, but there is none, for salvation, but it is far from us.
  • Ps 119:122-123 : 122 Guarantee the welfare of your servant! Do not let the arrogant oppress me! 123 My eyes grow tired as I wait for your deliverance, for your reliable promise to be fulfilled.
  • Job 30:29 : 29 I have become a brother to jackals and a companion of ostriches.
  • Ps 69:3 : 3 I am exhausted from shouting for help; my throat is sore; my eyes grow tired of looking for my God.
  • Ezek 7:16 : 16 Their survivors will escape to the mountains and become like doves of the valleys; all of them will moan– each one for his iniquity.
  • Nah 2:7 : 7 Nineveh is taken into exile and is led away; her slave girls moan like doves while they beat their breasts.
  • Job 17:3 : 3 Set my pledge beside you. Who else will put up security for me?
  • Ps 102:4-7 : 4 My heart is parched and withered like grass, for I am unable to eat food. 5 Because of the anxiety that makes me groan, my bones protrude from my skin. 6 I am like an owl in the wilderness; I am like a screech owl among the ruins. 7 I stay awake; I am like a solitary bird on a roof.
  • Ps 119:82 : 82 My eyes grow tired as I wait for your promise to be fulfilled. I say,“When will you comfort me?”
  • Ps 123:1-4 : 1 A song of ascents. I look up toward you, the one enthroned in heaven. 2 Look, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a female servant look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes will look to the LORD, our God, until he shows us favor. 3 Show us favor, O LORD, show us favor! For we have had our fill of humiliation, and then some. 4 We have had our fill of the taunts of the self-assured, of the contempt of the proud.
  • Ps 143:7 : 7 Answer me quickly, LORD! My strength is fading. Do not reject me, or I will join those descending into the grave.
  • Lam 4:17 : 17 ע(Ayin)The People of Jerusalem Lament: Our eyes continually failed us as we looked in vain for help. From our watchtowers we watched for a nation that could not rescue us.

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    6I am like an owl in the wilderness; I am like a screech owl among the ruins.

    7I stay awake; I am like a solitary bird on a roof.

    8All day long my enemies taunt me; those who mock me use my name in their curses.

  • Isa 38:15
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    15What can I say? He has decreed and acted. I will walk slowly all my years because I am overcome with grief.

  • Ps 55:6
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    6I say,“I wish I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and settle in a safe place!

  • Isa 38:12-13
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    12My dwelling place is removed and taken away from me like a shepherd’s tent. I rolled up my life like a weaver rolls cloth; from the loom he cuts me off. You turn day into night and end my life.

    13I cry out until morning; like a lion he shatters all my bones; you turn day into night and end my life.

  • Ps 38:8-10
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    8I am numb with pain and severely battered; I groan loudly because of the anxiety I feel.

    9O Lord, you understand my heart’s desire; my groaning is not hidden from you.

    10My heart beats quickly; my strength leaves me; I can hardly see.

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    28I go about blackened, but not by the sun; in the assembly I stand up and cry for help.

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    6I am dazed and completely humiliated; all day long I walk around mourning.

  • Jer 8:18
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    18Then I said,“There is no cure for my grief! I am sick at heart!

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    3I am exhausted from shouting for help; my throat is sore; my eyes grow tired of looking for my God.

  • Ps 11:1
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    1For the music director; by David. In the LORD I have taken shelter. How can you say to me,“Flee to a mountain like a bird!

  • Ps 38:15
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    15Yet I wait for you, O LORD! You will respond, O Lord, my God!

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    9I will pray to God, my high ridge:“Why do you ignore me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?”

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    4My strength leaves me; I am absolutely shocked.

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    9Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am in distress! My eyes grow dim from suffering. I have lost my strength.

    10For my life nears its end in pain; my years draw to a close as I groan. My strength fails me because of my sin, and my bones become brittle.

  • Ps 38:17
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    17For I am about to stumble, and I am in constant pain.

  • Lam 1:20-22
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    20ר(Resh) Look, O LORD! I am distressed; my stomach is in knots! My heart is pounding inside me. Yes, I was terribly rebellious! Out in the street the sword bereaves a mother of her children; Inside the house death is present.

    21ש(Sin/Shin) They have heard that I groan, yet there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have brought it about. Bring about the day of judgment that you promised so that they may end up like me!

    22ת(Tav) Let all their wickedness come before you; afflict them just as you have afflicted me because of all my acts of rebellion. For my groans are many, and my heart is sick with sorrow.

  • Ps 40:12
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    12For innumerable dangers surround me. My sins overtake me so I am unable to see; they outnumber the hairs of my head so my strength fails me.

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    2Pay attention to me and answer me! I am so upset and distressed, I am beside myself,

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    9My eyes grow weak because of oppression. I call out to you, O LORD, all day long; I spread out my hands in prayer to you.

  • Ps 57:1
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    3Even the birds find a home there, and the swallow builds a nest, where she can protect her young near your altars, O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, my king and my God.

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    13They open their mouths to devour me like a roaring lion that rips its prey.

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    8To you, O LORD, I cried out; I begged the Lord for mercy:

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    71%

    11We all growl like bears, we coo mournfully like doves; we wait for deliverance, but there is none, for salvation, but it is far from us.

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    7My eyes grow dim from suffering; they grow weak because of all my enemies.

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    7My eyes have grown dim with grief; my whole frame is but a shadow.

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