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 a companion for [the] jackals and a companion for {ostriches}.

My heart is struck like grass and withers. Indeed, I forget to eat my bread.

We all groan like bears, and we coo mutteringly like doves. We wait for justice, but there is none; for salvation, [but] it is far from us.

And [if] their survivors will escape, they will be on the mountains, like the doves of the valley, all of them groaning, each because of his guilt.

{Her goddess is taken out and taken into exile}; her maidservants moan like doves; they beat on their breasts.

I am weary with my calling [out]; my throat is parched. My eyes are exhausted [in my] waiting for my God.

My eyes long for your word, saying, "When will you comfort me?"

Still our eyes failed, [looking for] our help in vain; in our watchtower, we kept watch for a nation that could not save.

Pledge good for your servant; do not let [the] arrogant oppress me.

Quickly answer me, O Yahweh; my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me, or I will become like [those] descending to [the] pit.

Blessed [are] the ones who mourn, because they will be comforted.