Psalms 88:9
My 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.
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Referenced Verses
- Job 11:13 : 13 “As for you, if you prove faithful, and if you stretch out your hands toward him,
- Ps 143:6 : 6 I spread my hands out to you in prayer; my soul thirsts for you in a parched land.(Selah)
- Ps 86:3 : 3 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I cry out to you all day long!
- Ps 38:10 : 10 My heart beats quickly; my strength leaves me; I can hardly see.
- Ps 42:3 : 3 I cannot eat, I weep day and night; all day long they say to me,“Where is your God?”
- Ps 44:20 : 20 If we had rejected our God, and spread out our hands in prayer to another god,
- Ps 55:17 : 17 During the evening, morning, and noontime I will lament and moan, and he will hear me.
- Ps 68:31 : 31 They come with red cloth from Egypt, Ethiopia voluntarily offers tribute to God.
- Job 16:20 : 20 My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God;
- Job 17:7 : 7 My eyes have grown dim with grief; my whole frame is but a shadow.
- Ps 6:7 : 7 My eyes grow dim from suffering; they grow weak because of all my enemies.
- Ps 88:1 : 1 A song, a psalm written by the Korahites; for the music director; according to the machalath-leannoth style; a well-written song by Heman the Ezrachite. O LORD God who delivers me! By day I cry out and at night I pray before you.
- Ps 102:9 : 9 For I eat ashes as if they were bread, and mix my drink with my tears,
- Lam 3:48-49 : 48 Streams of tears flow from my eyes because my people are destroyed. 49 ע(Ayin) Tears flow from my eyes and will not stop; there will be no break
- Ezek 17:11 : 11 Then LORD’s message came to me:
- John 11:35 : 35 Jesus wept.
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- Ps 88:1-33 verses79%
1A song, a psalm written by the Korahites; for the music director; according to the machalath-leannoth style; a well-written song by Heman the Ezrachite. O LORD God who delivers me! By day I cry out and at night I pray before you.
2Listen to my prayer! Pay attention to my cry for help!
3For my life is filled with troubles and I am ready to enter Sheol.
- Ps 88:7-82 verses78%
7Your anger bears down on me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves.(Selah)
8You cause those who know me to keep their distance; you make me an appalling sight to them. I am trapped and cannot get free.
- Ps 31:9-102 verses77%
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 88:13-153 verses76%
13As for me, I cry out to you, O LORD; in the morning my prayer confronts you.
14O LORD, why do you reject me, and pay no attention to me?
15I am oppressed and have been on the verge of death since my youth. I have been subjected to your horrors and am numb with pain.
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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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3Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I cry out to you all day long!
- Ps 25:15-162 verses75%
15I continually look to the LORD for help, for he will free my feet from the enemy’s net.
16Turn toward me and have mercy on me, for I am alone and oppressed!
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6I spread my hands out to you in prayer; my soul thirsts for you in a parched land.(Selah)
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8To you, O LORD, I cried out; I begged the Lord for mercy:
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3I am exhausted from shouting for help; my throat is sore; my eyes grow tired of looking for my God.
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2In my time of trouble I sought the Lord. I kept my hand raised in prayer throughout the night. I refused to be comforted.
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6I am dazed and completely humiliated; all day long I walk around mourning.
- Ps 28:1-22 verses74%
1By David. To you, O LORD, I cry out! My protector, do not ignore me! If you do not respond to me, I will join those who are descending into the grave.
2Hear my plea for mercy when I cry out to you for help, when I lift my hands toward your holy temple!
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16my face is reddened because of weeping, and on my eyelids there is a deep darkness,
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1A psalm of David. O LORD, I cry out to you. Come quickly to me! Pay attention to me when I cry out to you!
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82My eyes grow tired as I wait for your promise to be fulfilled. I say,“When will you comfort me?”
- Ps 38:8-103 verses73%
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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13when they prayed:“Have mercy on me, LORD! See how I am oppressed by those who hate me, O one who can snatch me away from the gates of death!
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22I jumped to conclusions and said,“I am cut off from your presence!” But you heard my plea for mercy when I cried out to you for help.
- Lam 1:20-223 verses72%
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.
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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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3I cannot eat, I weep day and night; all day long they say to me,“Where is your God?”
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8Surely I am looking to you, O Sovereign LORD. In you I take shelter. Do not expose me to danger!
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14Like 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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16ע(Ayin) I weep because of these things; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one in sight who can comfort me or encourage me. My children are desolated because an enemy has prevailed.
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2My God, I cry out during the day, but you do not answer, and during the night my prayers do not let up.
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20My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God;
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6I call to you for you will answer me, O God. Listen to me! Hear what I say!
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1A well-written song by David, when he was in the cave; a prayer. To the LORD I cry out; to the LORD I plead for mercy.
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4You held my eyelids open; I was troubled and could not speak.
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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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12Hear my prayer, O LORD! Listen to my cry for help! Do not ignore my sobbing! For I am a foreign resident with you, a temporary settler, just as all my ancestors were.
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4I thought I had been banished from your sight, that I would never again see your holy temple!
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2Do not ignore me in my time of trouble! Listen to me! When I call out to you, quickly answer me!
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49ע(Ayin) Tears flow from my eyes and will not stop; there will be no break
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8Also, when I cry out desperately for help, he has shut out my prayer.
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17For I am about to stumble, and I am in constant pain.