Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Consolation under Affliction » Is sought in vain from the world
Their insults are painful and make me lose heart; I look for sympathy, but receive none, for comforters, but find none.
So I again considered all the oppression that continually occurs on earth. This is what I saw: The oppressed were in tears, but no one was comforting them; no one delivers them from the power of their oppressors.
(Bet) She weeps bitterly at night; tears stream down her cheeks. She has no one to comfort her among all her lovers. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.