Ps 130:1LORD, I cry out to you because I’m suffering so deeply.Isa 15:8Their loud cries echo along the border of Moab. They reach as far as Eglaim. Their songs of sadness reach all the way to Beer Elim.Isa 16:11My heart mourns over Moab like a song of sadness played on a harp. Deep down inside me I mourn over Kir Hareseth.Eze 19:1‘Sing a song of sadness about Israel’s princes.Isa 16:7So the people of Moab cry out. All of them cry over their country. Sing a song of sadness. Weep that you can no longer enjoy the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth.Eze 21:6‘Groan, son of man! Groan in front of your people. Groan with a broken heart and bitter sorrow.Ps 5:1LORD, listen to my words. Pay attention when I mourn.Isa 15:5My heart cries out over Moab. Some who run away get as far as Zoar. Others run all the way to Eglath Shelishiyah. Others go up the hill to Luhith. They are weeping as they go. Still others travel the road to Horonaim. They sing a song of sadness because their town is being destroyed.Pr 1:21On top of the city wall she cries out. Here is what she says near the gate of the city.Jer 9:10I will cry and mourn over the mountains. I will sing a song of sadness about the desert grasslands. They are dry and empty. No one travels through them. The mooing of cattle isn’t heard there. The birds have flown away. All the animals are gone.Job 30:31My lyre is tuned to sadness. My flute makes a sound like weeping.Jer 9:20You women, hear the LORD’s message. Listen to what he’s saying. Teach your daughters how to mourn for the dead. Teach one another a song of sadness.Jer 48:36‘Like a flute my heart sings a song of sadness for Moab. It sings like a flute for the people of Kir Hareseth. The wealth they had acquired is gone.Mt 2:18‘A voice is heard in Ramah. It’s the sound of crying and deep sadness. Rachel is crying over her children. She refuses to be comforted, because they are gone.’Eze 27:30They will raise their voices. They will cry bitterly over you. They will sprinkle dust on their heads. They will roll in ashes.Isa 59:11All of us growl like hungry bears. We sound like doves as we mourn. We want the LORD to do what is fair and save us. But he doesn’t do it. We long for him to set us free. But the time for that seems far away.Jer 14:2‘Judah is filled with sadness. Its cities are wasting away. The people weep for the land. Crying is heard in Jerusalem.2Ch 35:25Jeremiah wrote songs of sadness about Josiah. To this day all the male and female singers remember Josiah by singing those songs. That became a practice in Israel. The songs are written down in the Book of the Songs of Sadness.Jer 6:26My people, put on the clothes of sadness. Roll among the ashes. Mourn with bitter weeping just as you would mourn for an only son. The one who is going to destroy us will come suddenly.Jer 48:38Weeping is the only sound in Moab. It is heard on all its roofs. It is heard in the market. I have broken Moab like a jar that no one wants,’ announces the LORD.Jer 48:3Cries of sorrow come from Horonaim. The town is being completely destroyed.Eze 32:16‘That is the song of sadness people will sing about Egypt. Women from other nations will sing it. They will weep over Egypt and its huge armies,’ announces the LORD and King.Am 8:3‘The time is coming when the songs in the temple will turn to weeping,’ announces the LORD and King. ‘Many, many bodies will be thrown everywhere! So be quiet!’Ps 55:17Evening, morning and noon I groan and cry out. And he hears my voice.Jer 48:5The people go up the hill to Luhith. They are weeping bitterly as they go. Loud cries are heard on the road down to Horonaim. People cry out because the town is being destroyed.Eze 27:2‘Son of man, sing a song of sadness about Tyre.Eze 27:1A message from the LORD came to me. The LORD said,Jer 9:18Let them come quickly and weep for us. Let them cry until tears flow from our eyes. Let them weep until water pours out of our eyes.La 1:16‘That’s why I am weeping. Tears are flowing from my eyes. No one is near to comfort me. No one can heal my spirit. My children don’t have anything. My enemies are much too strong for me.’Jer 48:31So I weep over Moab. I cry for all Moab’s people. I groan for the people of Kir Hareseth.Ps 88:1LORD, you are the God who saves me. Day and night I cry out to you.La 1:2Jerusalem weeps bitterly at night. Tears run down her cheeks. None of her friends comforts her. All those who were going to help her have turned against her. They have become her enemies.Joe 1:13Priests, put on the clothing of sadness and mourn. Cry, you who serve at the altar. Come, you who serve my God in the temple. Spend the night dressed in the clothes of sadness. Weep because no one brings grain offerings and drink offerings to the house of your God anymore.Ex 33:4When the people heard these painful words, they began to mourn. No one put on any jewellery.Mt 11:17‘ “We played the flute for you. But you didn’t dance. We sang a funeral song. But you didn’t become sad.”Isa 24:16From one end of the earth to the other we hear singing. People are saying, ‘Give glory to the God who always does what is right.’ But I said, ‘I feel very bad. I’m getting weaker and weaker. How terrible it is for me! People turn against one another. They can’t be trusted. So they turn against one another.’2Sa 1:17David sang a song of sadness about Saul and his son Jonathan.Ps 42:1A deer longs for streams of water. God, I long for you in the same way.Isa 65:14My servants will sing with joy in their hearts. But you will cry out because of the great pain in your hearts. You will cry because your spirits are sad.Mic 1:8I will weep and mourn because Samaria will be destroyed. I’ll walk around barefoot and naked. I’ll bark like a wild dog. I’ll hoot like an owl.La 3:48Streams of tears flow from my eyes. That’s because my people are destroyed.Pr 23:29Who has trouble? Who has sorrow? Who argues? Who has problems? Who has wounds for no reason? Who has red eyes?Lu 7:32They are like children sitting in the market and calling out to each other. They say, ‘ “We played the flute for you. But you didn’t dance. We sang a funeral song. But you didn’t cry.”Am 5:1People of Israel, listen to the LORD’s message. Hear my song of sadness about you. I say,Isa 33:7Look! Judah’s brave men cry out loud in the streets. The messengers who were sent to bring peace weep bitter tears.La 2:19Get up. Cry out as the night begins. Tell the Lord all your troubles. Lift up your hands to him. Pray that the lives of your children will be spared. At every street corner they faint because they are so hungry.Isa 32:12Beat your chests to show how sad you are. The pleasant fields have been destroyed. The fruitful vines have dried up.Isa 26:17LORD, you made us like a woman who is about to have a baby. She groans and cries out in pain.Jer 4:8So put on the clothes of sadness. Mourn and weep over what has happened. The LORD hasn’t turned his great anger away from us.Pr 25:20You may sing songs to a troubled heart. But that’s like taking a coat away on a cold day. It’s like pouring vinegar on a wound.Ps 120:1I call out to the LORD when I’m in trouble, and he answers me.Isa 10:30Town of Gallim, cry out! Laishah, listen! Poor Anathoth!La 1:12Jerusalem also says, ‘All you who are passing by, don’t you care about what has happened to me? Just look at my condition. Has anyone suffered the way I have? The LORD has brought all this on me. He has made me suffer. His anger has burned against me.Ps 6:6My groaning has worn me out. All night long my tears flood my bed. My bed is wet because of my crying.Eze 32:18‘Son of man, weep over the huge army of Egypt. Tell the Egyptians they will go down into the earth below. The women singers from the other mighty nations will go down into the grave along with them and others.Ps 45:1My heart is full of beautiful words as I say my poem for the king. My tongue is like the pen of a skilful writer.Jud 5:28‘Sisera’s mother looked out through the window. From behind the wooden screen she cried out. “Why is his chariot taking so long to get here?” she said. “Why can’t I hear the noise of his chariots yet?”Joe 1:11Farmers, be sad. Cry, you who grow vines. Mourn because the wheat and barley are gone. The crops in the fields are destroyed.Jer 14:17‘Jeremiah, give them this message. Tell them, ‘ “Let tears flow from my eyes. Let them pour out night and day. Never let them stop. The people of my own nation have suffered a terrible wound. They have been crushed.La 1:20‘LORD, see how upset I am! I am suffering deep down inside. My heart is troubled. Again and again I have refused to obey you. Outside the city, people are being killed by swords. Inside, there is nothing but death.Job 19:7‘I cry out, “Someone harmed me!” But I don’t get any reply. I call out for help. But I’m not treated fairly.Re 6:7The Lamb broke open the fourth seal. Then I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, ‘Come!’Hab 2:11The stones in the walls of their homes will cry out. And the wooden beams will echo that cry.2Sa 1:24‘Daughters of Israel, mourn over Saul. He dressed you in the finest clothes. He decorated your clothes with ornaments of gold.Jer 9:1I wish my head were a spring of water! I wish my eyes were a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night for my people who have been killed.Joh 11:33Jesus saw her crying. He saw that the Jews who had come along with her were crying also. His spirit became very sad, and he was troubled.Ps 60:1God, you have turned away from us. You have attacked us. You have been angry. Now turn back to us!La 1:4The roads to Zion are empty. No one travels to her appointed feasts. All the public places near her gates are deserted. Her priests groan. Her young women are sad. And Zion herself weeps bitterly.Ps 22:1My God, my God, why have you deserted me? Why do you seem so far away when I need you to save me? Why do you seem so far away that you can’t hear my groans?Joe 1:8My people, mourn like a virgin who is dressed in the clothes of sadness. She is sad because she has lost the young man she was going to marry.La 2:11I’ve cried so much I can’t see very well. I’m suffering deep down inside. My heart is broken because my people are destroyed. Children and babies are fainting in the streets of the city.Pr 8:3Beside the gate leading into the city, she cries out at the entrance. She says,Jer 8:21My people are crushed, so I am crushed. I mourn, and I am filled with horror.Jer 48:34‘The sound of their cry rises from Heshbon. It rises as far as Elealeh and Jahaz. It rises from Zoar. It goes all the way to Horonaim and Eglath Shelishiyah. Even the waters at Nimrim are dried up.Re 18:1After these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven. He had great authority. His glory filled the earth with light.2Sa 19:4The king covered his face. He cried loudly, ‘My son Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!’Jud 5:1On that day Deborah and Barak sang a song. Barak was the son of Abinoam. Here is what Deborah and Barak sang.Jer 4:31I hear a cry like the cry of a woman having a baby. I hear a groan like someone having her first child. It’s the cry of the people of Zion struggling to breathe. They reach out their hands and say, ‘Help us! We’re fainting! Murderers are about to kill us!’Jas 4:9Be full of sorrow. Cry and weep. Change your laughter to mourning. Change your joy to sadness.Job 2:12When they got closer to where he lived, they could see him. But they could hardly recognise him. They began to weep out loud. They tore their robes and sprinkled dust on their heads.Jer 51:54‘The noise of people screaming comes from Babylon. A terrible sound comes from its land. It is the sound of a mighty city being destroyed.Mic 2:4At that time people will make fun of you. They will tease you by singing a song of sadness. They will pretend to be you and say, “We are totally destroyed. Our enemies have divided up our land. The LORD has taken it away from us! He has given our fields to those who turned against us.” ’Pr 30:16The first is the grave. The second is a woman who can’t have a baby. The third is land, which never gets enough water. And the fourth is fire, which never says, “Enough!”Eze 6:11The LORD and King said to me, ‘Clap your hands. Stamp your feet. Cry out, “How sad!” Do this because the people of Israel have done so many evil things. I hate those things. Israel will be destroyed by war, hunger and plague.Eze 19:14One of its main branches was Zedekiah. Fire spread from it and burned up its fruit. None of its branches is good enough to be made into a ruler’s sceptre.” This is a song of sadness. And that is how it should be used.’Am 8:10I will turn your holy feasts into times for mourning. I will turn all your songs into weeping. You will have to wear the clothing of sadness. You will shave your heads. I will make you mourn as if your only son had died. The end of that time will be like a bitter day.’Jer 4:19I’m suffering! I’m really suffering! I’m hurting badly. My heart is suffering so much! It’s pounding inside me. I can’t keep silent. I’ve heard the sound of trumpets. I’ve heard the battle cry.Ps 56:1Help me, God. Men are chasing me. All day long they keep attacking me.Isa 15:3In the streets they wear the rough clothing people wear when they’re sad. On their roofs and in the market places all of them are crying. They fall down flat with their faces towards the ground. And they weep.Eze 27:32As they weep and mourn over you, they will sing a song of sadness about you. They will say, “Who was ever like Tyre? It was destroyed in the sea.”Jer 31:15The LORD says, ‘A voice is heard in Ramah. It is the sound of weeping and deep sadness. Rachel is weeping for her children. She refuses to be comforted, because they are gone.’Jer 22:23Some of you live in Jerusalem in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon. You are comfortable in your cedar buildings. But you will groan when pain comes on you. It will be like the pain of a woman having a baby.Job 31:38‘Suppose my land cries out against me. And all its soil is wet with tears.Jer 3:21A cry is heard on the bare hilltops. The people of Israel are weeping and begging for help. That’s because their lives are so twisted. They’ve forgotten the LORD their God.Zec 12:11At that time there will be a lot of weeping in Jerusalem. It will be as great as the weeping of the people at Hadad Rimmon. Hadad Rimmon is in the valley of Megiddo. They were weeping over Josiah’s death.Job 35:9‘People cry out when they are treated badly. They beg to be set free from the power of those who are over them.Isa 13:6Cry out! The day of the LORD is near. The Mighty One is coming to destroy the Babylonians.Ps 57:1Have mercy on me, God. Have mercy on me. I go to you for safety. I will find safety in the shadow of your wings. There I will stay until the danger is gone.Jer 9:17The LORD rules over all. He says, ‘Here is something I want you to think about. Send for the women who mourn for the dead. Send for the most skilled among them.’Ps 77:1I cried out to God for help. I cried out to God to hear me.