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.
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.
Job 30:29
I am a brother to jackals and a companion of ostriches.
Psalm 69:3
I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
Psalm 119:122-123
Be surety for your servant for good and do not let the arrogant oppress me.
Ezekiel 7:16
Some will escape to the mountains like doves frightened from the valleys. All of them will moan over their sins.
Nahum 2:7
It is decreed: she is uncovered! She is carried away and her handmaids moan like the sound of doves, beating on their chests.
Job 17:3
Please guarantee my bail. Who else will guarantee it with a handshake?
Psalm 102:4-7
My heart has been stricken like grass and has withered away. In fact I forget to eat my bread.
Psalm 119:82
My eyes fail with longing for your word, while I say: When will you comfort me?
Psalm 123:1-4
To You I lift up my eyes, O you who are enthroned in the heavens!
Psalm 143:7
Answer me quickly, O Jehovah for my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me or I will become like those who go down to the pit.
Lamentations 4:17
Our eyes are still wasting away in looking for our false help. We watch for a nation unable to give salvation.