Job 16:20
My friends are my scoffers as my eyes pour out tears to God.
BSB
ASV
My friends scoff at me: But mine eye poureth out tears unto God,
KJV
My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
My friends scorn me - Margin “are my scorners.” That is, his friends had him in derision and mocked him, and he could only appeal with tears to God. Mine eye poureth out tears unto God - Despised and mocked by his friends, he made his appeal to one who he knew would regard him with compassion. This shows that the heart of Job was substantially right.
Hebrew, "are my scorners"; more forcibly, "my mockers--my friends!" A heart-cutting paradox [UMBREIT]. God alone remains to whom he can look for attestation of his innocence; plaintively with tearful eye, he supplicates for this.
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Hebrews 5:7During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His…
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And He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, where He knelt down and prayed,
About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
Then they came to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus told His disciples, “Sit here while I pray.”
When Jesus had spoken these things, He lifted up His eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may glorify You.
I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do.
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Psalms 142:2I pour out my complaint before Him; I reveal my trouble to Him.
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In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.
O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer.
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Psalms 109:4In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
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Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.