Quotes about Lament
You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.
— Psalm 80:5
A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.
— Psalm 88:1
My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.
— Psalm 88:9
All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.
— Psalm 89:41
For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a sigh.
— Psalm 90:9
A prayer of one who is afflicted, when he grows faint and pours out his lament before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come before You.
— Psalm 102:1
My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.
— Psalm 102:4
Through my loud groaning my flesh clings to my bones.
— Psalm 102:5
For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears
— Psalm 102:9
It is not the dead who praise the LORD, nor any who descend into silence.
— Psalm 115:17
My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.
— Psalm 119:136
Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!
— Psalm 120:5