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
A brother I have been to dragons, And a companion to daughters of the ostrich.
Psalm 102:4
Smitten as the herb, and withered, is my heart, For I have forgotten to eat my bread.
I did mourn
Isaiah 59:11
We make a noise as bears -- all of us, And as doves we coo sorely; We wait for judgment, and there is none, For salvation -- it hath been far from us.
Ezekiel 7:16
And escaped away have their fugitives, And they have been on the mountains As doves of the valleys, All of them make a noising -- each for his iniquity.
Nahum 2:7
And it is established -- she hath removed, She hath been brought up, And her handmaids are leading as the voice of doves, Tabering on their hearts.
Mine eyes
Psalm 69:3
I have been wearied with my calling, Burnt hath been my throat, Consumed have been mine eyes, waiting for my God.
Psalm 119:82
Consumed have been mine eyes for Thy word, Saying, 'When doth it comfort me?'
Lamentations 4:17
While we exist -- consumed are our eyes for our vain help, In our watch-tower we have watched for a nation that saveth not.
I am
Psalm 119:122
Make sure Thy servant for good, Let not the proud oppress me.
Psalm 143:7
Haste, answer me, O Jehovah, My spirit hath been consumed, Hide not Thou Thy face from me, Or I have been compared with those going down to the pit.
General references
Matthew 5:4
Happy the mourning -- because they shall be comforted.