'Groaning' in the Bible
I am weary from my groaning;with my tears I dampen my pillowand drench my bed every night.
“Because of the oppression of the afflictedand the groaning of the poor,I will now rise up,” says the Lord.“I will put the one who longs for it in a safe place.”
For the choir director: according to “The Deer of the Dawn.” A Davidic psalm.My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?Why are You so far from my deliveranceand from my words of groaning?
Indeed, my life is consumed with griefand my years with groaning;my strength has failedbecause of my sinfulness,and my bones waste away.
When I kept silent, my bones became brittlefrom my groaning all day long.
Because of the sound of my groaning,my flesh sticks to my bones.
to hear a prisoner’s groaning,to set free those condemned to die,