Isaiah 59:11
We all growl like bears. We coo like doves. We hope for justice, but there is none. We hope for salvation, but it is far from us.
Isaiah 38:14
I cry like a swallow (swift). I mourn like a dove. My eyes are red from looking to you, Jehovah. I am terribly abused. Please come and help me.
Ezekiel 7:16
Some will escape to the mountains like doves frightened from the valleys. All of them will moan over their sins.
Job 30:28-29
I go about mourning without comfort. I stand up in the assembly and cry out for help.
Psalm 32:3-4
When I kept silent about my sins, my body wasted away and I groaned all day long.
Psalm 38:8
I am numb and completely devastated. I roar because my heart is filling with anguish.
Psalm 85:9
Indeed, his salvation is near those who reverence him, and his glory will remain in our land.
Psalm 119:155
Salvation is far from the wicked for they do not seek your statutes.
Isaiah 51:20
Your sons have fainted. They lie at the head of every street. They are like antelope caught in a net. They are filled with the rage of Jehovah and the rebuke of your God.
Isaiah 59:9
That is why justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light and we walk in darkness. We hope for brightness but we walk in gloom.
Jeremiah 8:15
We waited for peace, but no good came. We waited for a time of healing, but all we got was terror!
Jeremiah 9:1
Oh that my head were waters and my eyes a fountain of tears. Then I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
Hosea 7:14
And they do not cry to me from their heart when they wail on their beds. For the sake of grain and new wine they assemble, but they turn away from me.