Psalms 107:5
They were hungry and thirsty; their soul fainted within them.
BSB
ASV
Hungry and thirsty, Their soul fainted in them.
KJV
Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. The spirits sink when the bodily frame becomes exhausted by long privations. Who can keep his courage up when he is ready to fall to the ground at every step through utter exhaustion? The supply of food is all eaten, the water is spent in the bottles, and there are neither fields nor streams in the desert, the heart therefore sinks in dire despair. Such is the condition of an awakened conscience before it knows the Lord Jesus; it is full of unsatisfied cravings, painful needs, and heavy fears.
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Lamentations 2:19Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives…
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Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah
I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope.
My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
I pour out my complaint before Him; I reveal my trouble to Him.
Early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up and slipped out to a solitary place to pray.
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Isaiah 44:12The blacksmith takes a tool and labors over the coals; he fashions an idol with hammers and forges it with his strong arms. Yet he grows hungry and loses his strength; he fails to…
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To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains?
Each one helps the other and says to his brother, “Be strong!”
They pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they can bow down and worship.
