'Groans' in the Bible
Then the Lord's angel said to her, "You are now pregnant and are about to give birth to a son. You are to name him Ishmael, for the Lord has heard your painful groans.
I sigh when food is put before me,and my groans pour out like water.
“Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy,Now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”
Let the groans of the prisoners reach You;according to Your great power,preserve those condemned to die.
to listen to the groans of prisoners, to set free those condemned to death,
ח KhetJerusalem has sinned grievously;therefore, she has become an object of scorn.All who honored her now despise her,for they have seen her nakedness.She herself groans and turns away.
ת TavLet all their wickedness come before You,and deal with themas You have dealt with mebecause of all my transgressions.For my groans are many,and I am sick at heart.
And strengthened the arms of the king of Babylon, And I have given My sword into his hand, And I have broken the arms of Pharaoh, And he hath groaned the groans of a pierced one -- before him.
I have surely seen the oppression of my people in Egypt, I've heard their groans, and I've come down to rescue them. Now come, I'll send you to Egypt.'
For we know that the whole creation groans together and travails in pain together until now.
In the same way, the Spirit also helps us in our weakness, since we do not know how to pray as we should. But the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words,