Job 16:16

Everything Was Going Well

¹⁵ “I have sewed sackcloth over my skin
And thrust my horn in the dust.
¹⁶ “My face is flushed from weeping,
And deep darkness is on my eyelids,
¹⁷ Although there is no violence in my hands,
And my prayer is pure.

Shadow of Death

Deep Darkness

Deep Shadow

Job

Job 17:7

“My eye has also grown dim because of grief,
And all my members are as a shadow.

Psalm 6:6-7

I am weary with my sighing;
Every night I make my bed swim,
I dissolve my couch with my tears.

Psalm 31:9

Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress;
My eye is wasted away from grief, my soul and my body also.

Psalm 32:3

When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away
Through my groaning all day long.

Psalm 69:3

I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched;
My eyes fail while I wait for my God.

Psalm 102:3-5

For my days have been consumed in smoke,
And my bones have been scorched like a hearth.

Psalm 102:9

For I have eaten ashes like bread
And mingled my drink with weeping

Psalm 116:3

The cords of death encompassed me
And the terrors of Sheol came upon me;
I found distress and sorrow.

Isaiah 52:14

Just as many were astonished at you, My people,
So His appearance was marred more than any man
And His form more than the sons of men.

Lamentations 1:16

“For these things I weep;
My eyes run down with water;
Because far from me is a comforter,
One who restores my soul.
My children are desolate
Because the enemy has prevailed.”

Jonah 2:1-10

Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the stomach of the fish,

Mark 14:34

And He *said to them, “My soul is deeply grieved to the point of death; remain here and keep watch.”