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 brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.

My heart is blighted like grass, and withered, for I forget to eat my bread.

We roar all like bears, and moan bitterly like doves: we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.

But those of those who escape shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, every one in his iniquity.

It is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, beating on their breasts.

I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail, looking for my God.

My eyes fail for your word. I say, "When will you comfort me?"

Our eyes do yet fail [in looking] for our vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.

Ensure your servant's well-being. Don't let the proud oppress me.

Hurry to answer me, Yahweh. My spirit fails. Don't hide your face from me, so that I don't become like those who go down into the pit.

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.