Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Consolation under Affliction » Is sought in vain from the world
Reproach and insults have broken my heart and I am so sick.
I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
And for comforters, but I found none.
Then I looked again and considered all the acts of oppression that were being practiced under the sun. And behold I saw the tears of the oppressed and they had no one to comfort them; and on the side of their oppressors was power, but they had no one to comfort them.
She weeps bitterly in the night
And her tears are [constantly] on her cheeks;
Among all her lovers (political allies)
She has no one to comfort her.
All her friends have dealt treacherously with her;
They have become her enemies.
Prophecies respecting Christ » His bearing reproach
For zeal for Your house has consumed me,
And the [mocking] insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.
Reproach and insults have broken my heart and I am so sick.
I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
And for comforters, but I found none.
But I am [treated as] a worm [insignificant and powerless] and not a man;
I am the scorn of men and despised by the people.
Because for Your sake I have borne reproach;
Confusion and dishonor have covered my face.
Reviling and reproaching » Saints » Sometimes depressed by
Reproach and insults have broken my heart and I am so sick.
I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
And for comforters, but I found none.
As a crushing of my bones [with a sword], my adversaries taunt me,
While they say continually to me, “Where is your God?”
Because of the voice of the taunter and reviler,
Because of the presence of the enemy and the avenger.