Thematic Bible: Of disappointment and grief


Thematic Bible



You have fed them with the bread of tears,
And You have made them to drink tears in large measure.


I am weary with my sighing;
Every night I make my bed swim,
I dissolve my couch with my tears.

“Therefore my harp is turned to mourning,
And my flute to the sound of those who weep.

For I have eaten ashes like bread
And mingled my drink with weeping

“My face is flushed from weeping,
And deep darkness is on my eyelids,

Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear to my cry;
Do not be silent at my tears;
For I am a stranger with You,
A sojourner like all my fathers.

My tears have been my food day and night,
While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”