14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me. 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death. 16 For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
Psalms 22:14–16
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Psalms 22:5–7
5 They cried out to You and were set free; they trusted in You and were not disappointed. 6 But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people. 7 All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:
Psalms 88:2–4
2 May my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my cry. 3 For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol. 4 I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.
Psalms 31:9–11
9 Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well. 10 For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away. 11 Among all my enemies I am a d…
Job 30:18–20
18 With great force He grasps my garment; He seizes me by the collar of my tunic. 19 He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes. 20 I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.
Psalms 55:3–5
3 at the voice of the enemy, at the pressure of the wicked. For they release disaster upon me and revile me in their anger. 4 My heart murmurs within me, and the terrors of death assail me. 5 Fear and trembling grip me, and horror has overwhelmed me.
Job 3:23–25
23 Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in? 24 I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water. 25 For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me.
Psalms 38:16–18
16 For I said, “Let them not gloat over me— those who taunt me when my foot slips.” 17 For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me. 18 Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
Job 16:12–14
12 I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target; 13 His archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and spills my gall on the ground. 14 He breaks me with wound upon wound; He rushes me like a m…
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