See, O LORD, how distressed I am! I am churning within; my heart is pounding within me, for I have been most rebellious. Outside, the sword bereaves; inside, there is death.
My eyes fail from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief over the destruction of the daughter of
Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, terror will strike the young man and the young woman, the infan
The sword is outside; plague and famine are within. Those in the country will die by the sword, and those in the city wi
Therefore my heart laments for Moab like a harp, my inmost being for Kir-heres.
He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
I am churning within and cannot rest; days of affliction confront me.
My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I
How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I tr
The LORD is righteous, yet I rebelled against His command. Listen, all you people; look upon my suffering. My young men
Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefo
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
I heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must
For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, th
Her uncleanness stains her skirts; she did not consider her end. Her downfall was astounding; there was no one to comfor
and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land
you say, ‘I am innocent. Surely His anger will turn from me.’ Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sin
But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and
All her people groan as they search for bread. They have traded their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. Look,
If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both
But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me,
Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fiel
Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign
Therefore My heart laments like a flute for Moab; it laments like a flute for the men of Kir-heres, because the wealth t
For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.
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 s
Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserve
I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.