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Isaiah 38:14

I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”

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ASV

Like a swallow or a crane, so did I chatter; I did moan as a dove; mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed, be thou my surety.

KJV

Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me.

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13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כְּס֤וּסke.Suslike a swallowH5483 →
עָגוּר֙'a.Gura craneH5693 →
כֵּ֣ןkensoH3651 →
אֲצַפְצֵ֔ף'a.tzaf.TzefI chirpH6850 →
אֶהְגֶּ֖ה'eh.GehI moanH1897 →
כַּיּוֹנָ֑הkai.yo.Nahlike <the> doveH3123 →
דַּלּ֤וּda.Luthey are cast downH1809 →
עֵינַי֙'ei.Naieyes myH5869 →
לַמָּר֔וֹםla.ma.Romto the height[s]H4791 →
אֲדֹנָ֖י'a.do.NaiO LordH136 →
עָֽשְׁקָה־'a.she.kah-oppressionH6234 →
לִּ֥יli[belongs] to me
עָרְבֵֽנִי׃'a.re.Ve.nistand surety for meH6148 →

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Psalms 55:2Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and distraughtIsaiah 59:11We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but find none, for salvation, but it is far from us.Psalms 69:3I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.Psalms 119:122–123Ensure Your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me.Ezekiel 7:16The survivors will escape and live in the mountains, moaning like doves of the valley, each for his own iniquity.Nahum 2:7It is decreed that the city be exiled and carried away; her maidservants moan like doves, and beat upon their breasts.Job 30:29I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of ostriches.Psalms 123:1–4I lift up my eyes to You, the One enthroned in heaven.Job 17:3Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor?Psalms 143:7Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.Lamentations 4:17All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for help. We watched from our towers for a nation that could not save us.Psalms 102:4–7My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.Psalms 119:82My eyes fail, looking for Your promise; I ask, “When will You comfort me?”Psalms 102:6I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.2 Kings 20:3“Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.Jeremiah 20:12O LORD of Hosts, who examines the righteous, who sees the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.Job 31:16If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,Lamentations 5:17Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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