Psalms 119:136
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My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.
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Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.
“Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”
“I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all that night.
Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water.
Rage has taken hold of me because of the wicked who reject Your law.
You are to speak this word to them: ‘My eyes overflow with tears; day and night they do not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has been shattered by a crushing blow, a severely grievous wound.
I look on the faithless with loathing because they do not keep Your word.
As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it
But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.