24 I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.
Job 3:24
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Psalms 102:4–6
4 My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread. 5 Through my loud groaning my flesh clings to my bones. 6 I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.
Job 33:19–21
19 A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones, 20 so that he detests his bread, and his soul loathes his favorite food. 21 His flesh wastes away from sight, and his hidden bones protrude.
Psalms 6:5–7
5 For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol? 6 I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears. 7 My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes.
Psalms 102:8–10
8 All day long my enemies taunt me; they ridicule me and curse me. 9 For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears 10 because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside.
Job 30:15–17
15 Terrors are turned loose against me; they drive away my dignity as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed like a cloud. 16 And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction grip me. 17 Night pierces my bones, and my gnawing pains never rest.
Job 9:17–19
17 For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause. 18 He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness. 19 If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him ?
Psalms 32:2–4
2 Blessed is the man whose iniquity the LORD does not count against him, in whose spirit there is no deceit. 3 When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long. 4 For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in th…
Psalms 42:2–4
2 My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence? 3 My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?” 4 These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the mu…
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