3 My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”
Psalms 42:3
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Psalms 42:9–11
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Job 16:19–21
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Job 3:23–25
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Psalms 119:81–83
81 My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word. 82 My eyes fail, looking for Your promise; I ask, “When will You comfort me?” 83 Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.
Psalms 6:2–4
2 Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony. 3 My soul is deeply distressed. How long, O LORD, how long? 4 Turn, O LORD, and deliver my soul; save me because of Your loving devotion.
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