Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
A crane
I did mourn
Mine eyes
I am
General references
Bible References
A crane
Job 30:29
I am a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.
Psalm 102:4
My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
I did mourn
Isaiah 59:11
We all growl like bears, and mourn greatly like doves: we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
Ezekiel 7:16
But they that escape them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.
Nahum 2:7
It is decreed: she shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maidens shall lead her as with the moaning of doves, beating upon their breasts.
Mine eyes
Psalm 69:3
I am weary from my crying: my throat is dried: my eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Psalm 119:82
My eyes fail for your word, saying, When will you comfort me?
Lamentations 4:17
As for us, our eyes as yet failed, watching for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.
I am
Psalm 119:122
Be surety for your servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
Psalm 143:7
Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit fails: hide not your face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
General references
Matthew 5:4
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.