Turn back toward us, O Lord! How long must this suffering last? Have pity on your servants!

The sovereign master will give you distress to eat and suffering to drink; but your teachers will no longer be hidden; your eyes will see them.

He named the second child Ephraim, saying, "Certainly God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering."

When the Lord gives you relief from your suffering and anxiety, and from the hard labor which you were made to perform,

those whom the Lord has ransomed will return that way. They will enter Zion with a happy shout. Unending joy will crown them, happiness and joy will overwhelm them; grief and suffering will disappear.

Those whom the Lord has ransomed will return; they will enter Zion with a happy shout. Unending joy will crown them, happiness and joy will overwhelm them; grief and suffering will disappear.

So then, listen to what I, the Lord God of Israel who rules over all, say. 'I will make these people eat the bitter food of suffering and drink the poison water of judgment.

So then I, the Lord who rules over all, have something to say concerning the prophets of Jerusalem: 'I will make these prophets eat the bitter food of suffering and drink the poison water of judgment. For the prophets of Jerusalem are the reason that ungodliness has spread throughout the land.'"

Lord, grant me relief from my suffering so that I may have some relief. Rescue me from those who persecute me so that I may be rescued.

You have said, "I feel so hopeless! For the Lord has added sorrow to my suffering. I am worn out from groaning. I can't find any rest."'"

(Tsade) The Lord is right to judge me! Yes, I rebelled against his commands. Please listen, all you nations, and look at my suffering! My young women and men have gone into exile.

What my eyes see grieves me -- all the suffering of the daughters in my city.

Listen to the cattle groan! The herds of livestock wander around in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.

The Lord saw Israel's intense suffering; everyone was weak and incapacitated and Israel had no deliverer.

"And now my soul pours itself out within me; days of suffering take hold of me.

He delivers the afflicted by their afflictions, he reveals himself to them by their suffering.

My eyes grow dim from suffering; they grow weak because of all my enemies.

You have taken notice, for you always see one who inflicts pain and suffering. The unfortunate victim entrusts his cause to you; you deliver the fatherless.

For he did not despise or detest the suffering of the oppressed; he did not ignore him; when he cried out to him, he responded.

Deliver me from my distress; rescue me from my suffering!

See my pain and suffering! Forgive all my sins!

Have mercy on me, for I am in distress! My eyes grow dim from suffering. I have lost my strength.

Because of all my enemies, people disdain me; my neighbors are appalled by my suffering -- those who know me are horrified by my condition; those who see me in the street run away from me.

For they harass the one whom you discipline; they spread the news about the suffering of those whom you punish.

I am oppressed and suffering! O God, deliver and protect me!

Defend the cause of the poor and the fatherless! Vindicate the oppressed and suffering!

surely you would not want to wait until they were old enough to marry! Surely you would not remain unmarried all that time! No, my daughters, you must not return with me. For my intense suffering is too much for you to bear. For the Lord is afflicting me!"

She made a vow saying, "O Lord of hosts, if you will look with compassion on the suffering of your female servant, remembering me and not forgetting your servant, and give a male child to your servant, then I will dedicate him to the Lord all the days of his life. His hair will never be cut."

So he used suffering to humble them; they stumbled and no one helped them up.

As for their enemies, they decreased in number and were beaten down, because of painful distress and suffering.

I am suffering terribly. O Lord, revive me with your word!

How long must I worry, and suffer in broad daylight? How long will my enemy gloat over me?

I suffer all day long, and am punished every morning."

When David's friend Hushai the Arkite came to Absalom, Hushai said to him, "Long live the king! Long live the king!"

The combined wing span of the cherubs was 30 feet. One of the first cherub's wings was seven and one-half feet long and touched one wall of the temple; its other wing was also seven and one-half feet long and touched one of the second cherub's wings.

Likewise one of the second cherub's wings was seven and one-half feet long and touched the other wall of the temple; its other wing was also seven and one-half feet long and touched one of the first cherub's wings.

You men, how long will you try to turn my honor into shame? How long will you love what is worthless and search for what is deceptive? (Selah)

For the music director; a psalm of David. How long, Lord, will you continue to ignore me? How long will you pay no attention to me?

How long will this go on, O Lord? Will you stay angry forever? How long will your rage burn like fire?

O Lord, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked celebrate?

I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God as long as I exist!

I will praise the Lord as long as I live! I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist!

"How long will you simpletons love naivet?? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?

Even if a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years -- even if he lives a long, long time, but cannot enjoy his prosperity -- even if he were to live forever -- I would say, "A stillborn child is better off than he is!"

The Lord says, "Listen, nation of Israel! I am about to bring a nation from far away to attack you. It will be a nation that was founded long ago and has lasted for a long time. It will be a nation whose language you will not know. Its people will speak words that you will not be able to understand.

How long must the land be parched and the grass in every field be withered? How long must the animals and the birds die because of the wickedness of the people who live in this land? For these people boast, "God will not see what happens to us."

How long will you cry out, 'Oh, sword of the Lord, how long will it be before you stop killing? Go back into your sheath! Stay there and rest!'

Then he measured the temple as 175 feet long, the courtyard of the temple and the building and its walls as 175 feet long,

For the chambers on the outer court were 87? feet long, while those facing the temple were 175 feet long.

The Lord said to Moses, "How long will this people despise me, and how long will they not believe in me, in spite of the signs that I have done among them?

The Beloved about Her Lover: All night long on my bed I longed for my lover. I longed for him but he never appeared.

I looked up and saw a ram with two horns standing at the canal. Its two horns were both long, but one was longer than the other. The longer one was coming up after the shorter one.

For the music director; a well-written song by the Korahites. As a deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God!

We do not see any signs of God's presence; there are no longer any prophets and we have no one to tell us how long this will last.

It was quite a long time -- some twenty years in all -- that the ark stayed at Kiriath Jearim. All the people of Israel longed for the Lord.

What they loved, as well as what they hated and envied, perished long ago, and they no longer have a part in anything that happens on earth.

No longer will they build a house only to have another live in it, or plant a vineyard only to have another eat its fruit, for my people will live as long as trees, and my chosen ones will enjoy to the fullest what they have produced.

"'No longer will Israel suffer from the sharp briers or painful thorns of all who surround and scorn them. Then they will know that I am the sovereign Lord.