Isaiah 38:14

¹¹We all roar like bears and moan sadly like doves. We look for justice, but there is none, for salvation, but it is far off from us.

³I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail looking for my God.

¹I lift up my eyes to you, you who sit in the heavens. ²Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the LORD, our God, until he has mercy on us. ³Have mercy on us, LORD, have mercy on us, for we have endured much contempt. ⁴Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scoffing of those who are at ease, with the contempt of the proud.

⁷It is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her servants moan as with the voice of doves, beating on their breasts.

¹²²Ensure your servant’s well-being. Don’t let the proud oppress me. ¹²³My eyes fail looking for your salvation, for your righteous word.

¹⁶But of those who escape, they will escape and will be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, everyone in his iniquity.

²⁹I am a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.

³“Now give a pledge. Be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with me?

⁷Hurry to answer me, LORD. My spirit fails. Don’t hide your face from me, so that I don’t become like those who go down into the pit.

¹⁷Our eyes still fail, looking in vain for our help. In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.