Psalms 22:1

Psalm 22

For the music director; according to the tune “Morning Doe;” a psalm of David.

22:1 My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?

I groan in prayer, but help seems far away.

Psalms 38:8

38:8 I am numb with pain and severely battered;

I groan loudly because of the anxiety I feel.

Job 3:24

3:24 For my sighing comes in place of my food,

and my groanings flow forth like water.

Isaiah 51:20

51:20 Your children faint;

they lie at the head of every street

like an antelope in a snare.

They are left in a stupor by the Lord’s anger,

by the battle cry of your God.

Isaiah 59:11

59:11 We all growl like bears,

we coo mournfully like doves;

we wait for deliverance, but there is none,

for salvation, but it is far from us.

Lamentations 3:8

3:8 Also, when I cry out desperately for help,

he has shut out my prayer.

Hosea 7:14

7:14 They do not pray to me,

but howl in distress on their beds;

They slash themselves for grain and new wine,

but turn away from me.