Isaiah 38:14

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Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.

I am become a brother to jackals, and a companion of ostriches.

My heart is smitten and withered like grass; yea, I have forgotten to eat my bread.

We roar all like bears, and mourn grievously like doves: we look for judgment, and there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.

And they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, every one for his iniquity.

And it is decreed: she shall be uncovered, she shall be led away, and her maids shall moan as with the voice of doves, drumming upon their breasts.

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

Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?

Our eyes still failed for our vain help; in our watching, we have watched for a nation that did not save.

Be surety for thy servant for good; let not the proud oppress me.

Answer me speedily, O Jehovah; my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, or I shall be like unto them that go down into the pit.

Blessed they that mourn, for they shall be comforted.