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Psalms 102:9
I eat ashes for food. My tears run down into my drink
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Psalms 38:8
I am exhausted and completely crushed. My groans come from an anguished heart.
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Psalms 42:3-4
Day and night I have only tears for food, while my enemies continually taunt me, saying,“ Where is this God of yours?”My heart is breaking as I remember how it used to be: I walked among the crowds of worshipers, leading a great procession to the house of God, singing for joy and giving thanks amid the sound of a great celebration!
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Psalms 80:5
You have fed us with sorrow and made us drink tears by the bucketful.
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Job 6:7
My appetite disappears when I look at it; I gag at the thought of eating it!
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Isaiah 59:11
We growl like hungry bears; we moan like mournful doves. We look for justice, but it never comes. We look for rescue, but it is far away from us.
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Lamentations 3:8
And though I cry and shout, he has shut out my prayers.
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Job 7:19
Why won’t you leave me alone, at least long enough for me to swallow!
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Psalms 22:1-2
My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far away when I groan for help?Every day I call to you, my God, but you do not answer. Every night I lift my voice, but I find no relief.
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Job 33:20
They lose their appetite for even the most delicious food.
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Psalms 32:3
When I refused to confess my sin, my body wasted away, and I groaned all day long.