Psalm 69:3

New International Version

I am worn out calling for help; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.

Cross References

Job 11:20

But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; their hope will become a dying gasp.”

Job 16:16

My face is red with weeping, dark shadows ring my eyes;

Psalm 119:123

My eyes fail, looking for your salvation, looking for your righteous promise.

Psalm 119:82

My eyes fail, looking for your promise; I say, “When will you comfort me?”

Psalm 22:15

My mouth is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you lay me in the dust of death.

Psalm 22:2

My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest.

Psalm 25:21

May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope, Lord, is in you.

Psalm 39:7

“But now, Lord, what do I look for? My hope is in you.

Psalm 40:3

He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the Lord and put their trust in him.

Psalm 6:6

I am worn out from my groaning. All night long I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.

Psalm 69:21

They put gall in my food and gave me vinegar for my thirst.

Psalm 88:7

Your wrath lies heavily on me; you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.

Isaiah 38:14

I cried like a swift or thrush, I moaned like a mourning dove. My eyes grew weak as I looked to the heavens. I am being threatened; Lord, come to my aid!”

Lamentations 2:11

My eyes fail from weeping, I am in torment within; my heart is poured out on the ground because my people are destroyed, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city.

John 19:28

Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.”

Deuteronomy 28:32

Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, and you will wear out your eyes watching for them day after day, powerless to lift a hand.

Hebrews 5:7

During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with fervent cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission.