'Sighing' in the Bible
For the choir director: with the flutes. A Davidic psalm.Listen to my words, Lord;consider my sighing.
I have been weary with my sighing, I meditate through all the night on my bed, With my tear my couch I waste.
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
Lord, my every desire is known to You;my sighing is not hidden from You.
My heart grew hot inside me; in my sighing a fire burned. [Then] I spoke with my tongue,
Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;
Because of the sound of my sighing, my bones cling to my skin.
To hear the sighing of the prisoner; To loose those that are appointed to death;