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Psalms 38:6
I am bowed down and brought very low; all day long I go about mourning. (niv)
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Psalms 43:2
You are God my stronghold. Why have you rejected me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy? (niv)
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Psalms 18:2
The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. (niv)
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Lamentations 5:1-16
Remember, Lord, what has happened to us; look, and see our disgrace.Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to foreigners.We have become fatherless, our mothers are widows.We must buy the water we drink; our wood can be had only at a price.Those who pursue us are at our heels; we are weary and find no rest.We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.Our ancestors sinned and are no more, and we bear their punishment.Slaves rule over us, and there is no one to free us from their hands.We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the desert.Our skin is hot as an oven, feverish from hunger.Women have been violated in Zion, and virgins in the towns of Judah.Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders are shown no respect.Young men toil at the millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.The elders are gone from the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.Joy is gone from our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned! (niv)
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Job 30:26-31
Yet when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, then came darkness.The churning inside me never stops; days of suffering confront me.I go about blackened, but not by the sun; I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of owls.My skin grows black and peels; my body burns with fever.My lyre is tuned to mourning, and my pipe to the sound of wailing. (niv)
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Psalms 88:9
my eyes are dim with grief. I call to you, Lord, every day; I spread out my hands to you. (niv)
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Psalms 22:1-2
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish?My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest. (niv)
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Psalms 78:35
They remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer. (niv)
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Ecclesiastes 4:1
Again I looked and saw all the oppression that was taking place under the sun: I saw the tears of the oppressed— and they have no comforter; power was on the side of their oppressors— and they have no comforter. (niv)
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Psalms 55:3
because of what my enemy is saying, because of the threats of the wicked; for they bring down suffering on me and assail me in their anger. (niv)
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Psalms 62:2
Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken. (niv)
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Isaiah 40:27
Why do you complain, Jacob? Why do you say, Israel,“ My way is hidden from the Lord; my cause is disregarded by my God”? (niv)
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Isaiah 49:15
“ Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! (niv)
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Psalms 13:1
How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? (niv)
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Psalms 28:1
To you, Lord, I call; you are my Rock, do not turn a deaf ear to me. For if you remain silent, I will be like those who go down to the pit. (niv)
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Psalms 44:23-24
Awake, Lord! Why do you sleep? Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever.Why do you hide your face and forget our misery and oppression? (niv)
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Psalms 62:6-7
Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge. (niv)
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Psalms 77:9
Has God forgotten to be merciful? Has he in anger withheld his compassion?” (niv)