Isaiah 38:14

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

As a crane -- a swallow -- so I chatter, I mourn as a dove, Drawn up have been mine eyes on high, O Jehovah, oppression `is' on me, be my surety.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 59:11 : 11 We make a noise as bears -- all of us, And as doves we coo sorely; We wait for judgment, and there is none, For salvation -- it hath been far from us.
  • Ps 119:122-123 : 122 Make sure Thy servant for good, Let not the proud oppress me. 123 Mine eyes have been consumed for Thy salvation. And for the saying of Thy righteousness.
  • Job 30:29 : 29 A brother I have been to dragons, And a companion to daughters of the ostrich.
  • Ps 69:3 : 3 I have been wearied with my calling, Burnt hath been my throat, Consumed have been mine eyes, waiting for my God.
  • Ezek 7:16 : 16 And escaped away have their fugitives, And they have been on the mountains As doves of the valleys, All of them make a noising -- each for his iniquity.
  • Nah 2:7 : 7 And it is established -- she hath removed, She hath been brought up, And her handmaids are leading as the voice of doves, Tabering on their hearts.
  • Job 17:3 : 3 Place, I pray Thee, my pledge with Thee; Who is he that striketh hand with me?
  • Ps 102:4-7 : 4 Smitten as the herb, and withered, is my heart, For I have forgotten to eat my bread. 5 From the voice of my sighing Hath my bone cleaved to my flesh. 6 I have been like to a pelican of the wilderness, I have been as an owl of the dry places. 7 I have watched, and I am As a bird alone on the roof.
  • Ps 119:82 : 82 Consumed have been mine eyes for Thy word, Saying, `When doth it comfort me?'
  • Ps 123:1-4 : 1 A Song of the Ascents. Unto Thee I have lifted up mine eyes, O dweller in the heavens. 2 Lo, as eyes of men-servants `Are' unto the hand of their masters, As eyes of a maid-servant `Are' unto the hand of her mistress, So `are' our eyes unto Jehovah our God, Till that He doth favour us. 3 Favour us, O Jehovah, favour us, For greatly have we been filled with contempt, 4 Greatly hath our soul been filled With the scorning of the easy ones, With the contempt of the arrogant!
  • Ps 143:7 : 7 Haste, answer me, O Jehovah, My spirit hath been consumed, Hide not Thou Thy face from me, Or I have been compared with those going down `to' the pit.
  • Lam 4:17 : 17 While we exist -- consumed are our eyes for our vain help, In our watch-tower we have watched for a nation `that' saveth not.

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