2 Samuel 12:21-22
12:21 His servants said to him, “What is this that you have done? While the child was still alive, you fasted and wept. Once the child was dead you got up and ate food!”
12:22 He replied, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept because I thought, ‘Perhaps the Lord will show pity and the child will live.
Psalms 6:6
6:6 I am exhausted as I groan;
all night long I drench my bed in tears;
my tears saturate the cushion beneath me.
Psalms 102:9
102:9 For I eat ashes as if they were bread,
and mix my drink with my tears,
Isaiah 38:14
38:14 Like a swallow or a thrush I chirp,
I coo like a dove;
my eyes grow tired from looking up to the sky.
O sovereign master, I am oppressed;
help me!
Hebrews 5:7
5:7 During his earthly life
Christ
offered
both requests and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death and he was heard because of his devotion.