Isaiah 59:11
We all growl like bears; we sigh mournfully like doves. We look for justice, but there is none, and for deliverance, but it's far from us.
Isaiah 38:14
Like a swallow or a crane I chirp, I moan like a dove. My eyes look weakly upward. O Lord, I am oppressed, so stand up for me!
Ezekiel 7:16
Fugitives will escape to the mountains like doves fleeing through the valleys, all of them moaning because of their own iniquity.
Job 30:28-29
"In growing darkness, I walked without sunlight; I stood in the congregation to cry for help.
Psalm 32:3-4
When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away by my groaning all day long.
Psalm 38:8
I am weak and utterly crushed; I cry out in distress because of my heart's anguish.
Psalm 85:9
Surely, he will soon deliver those who fear him, for his glory will live in our land.
Psalm 119:155
Deliverance remains remote from the wicked, for they do not seek your statutes.
Isaiah 51:20
Your children have fainted. They lie at the head of every street, like antelope caught in a trap, filled with the anger of the LORD and the rebuke of your God.
Isaiah 59:9
"So justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We wait for light, but look there is darkness; we wait for brightness, but we walk in deep darkness.
Jeremiah 8:15
We waited for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, but instead there was terror.
Jeremiah 9:1
"Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears, for then I would cry day and night for those of my people who have been killed.
Hosea 7:14
They will not cry to me from their heart instead, they wail on their beds. They gather together to eat and drink, turning away from me.