Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.

General references

Bible References

A crane

Job 30:29
“I have become a brother to jackals
And a companion of ostriches.
Psalm 102:4
My heart has been smitten like grass and has withered away,
Indeed, I forget to eat my bread.

I did mourn

Isaiah 59:11
All of us growl like bears,
And moan sadly like doves;
We hope for justice, but there is none,
For salvation, but it is far from us.
Ezekiel 7:16
Even when their survivors escape, they will be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, each over his own iniquity.
Nahum 2:7
It is fixed:
She is stripped, she is carried away,
And her handmaids are moaning like the sound of doves,
Beating on their breasts.

Mine eyes

Psalm 69:3
I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched;
My eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Psalm 119:82
My eyes fail with longing for Your word,
While I say, “When will You comfort me?”
Lamentations 4:17
Yet our eyes failed,
Looking for help was useless;
In our watching we have watched
For a nation that could not save.

I am

Psalm 119:122
Be surety for Your servant for good;
Do not let the arrogant oppress me.
Psalm 143:7
Answer me quickly, O Lord, my spirit fails;
Do not hide Your face from me,
Or I will become like those who go down to the pit.

General references

Matthew 5:4
“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.