Psalm 69:3

The Passion Translation

I’m weary, exhausted with weeping. My throat is dry, my voice is gone, my eyes are swollen with sorrow, and I’m waiting for you, God, to come through for me.

Cross References

Psalm 119:123

As a lovesick lover, I yearn for more of your salvation and for your virtuous promises.

Psalm 119:82

I’m consumed with longings for your promises, so I ask, “When will they all come true?”

Psalm 22:15

I’m so thirsty and parched. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. And now you lay me in the dust of death.

Psalm 22:2

Why do you remain distant, refusing to answer my tearful cries in the day and my desperate cries for your help in the night? I can’t stop sobbing. Where are you, my God?

Psalm 25:21

Your perfection and faithfulness are my bodyguards, for you are my hope and I trust in you as my only protection.

Psalm 39:7

And now, God, I’m left with one conclusion: my only hope is to hope in you alone!

Psalm 40:3

A new song for a new day rises up in me every time I think about how he breaks through for me! Ecstatic praise pours out of my mouth until everyone hears how God has set me free. Many will see his miracles; they’ll stand in awe of God and fall in love with him!

Psalm 6:6

I’m worn out with my weeping and groaning. Night after night I soak my pillow with tears, and flood my bed with weeping.

Psalm 69:21

I was hungry and they gave me bitter food. I was thirsty and they offered me vinegar.

Psalm 88:7

I feel your wrath, and it’s a heavy weight upon me, drowning me beneath a sea of sorrow. Pause in his presence

Isaiah 38:14

I could only chirp like a swallow or small bird; I could only moan like a dove. My eyes are weary from looking up into heaven. Yahweh, I am so depressed. Come and be my strength.

Lamentations 2:11

My eyes have no tears left, and my stomach is tied in knots. My heart is spilled out into the dirt over the destruction of the daughter of my people. Little toddlers and children collapse in the streets of the city.

John 19:28

Jesus knew that his mission was accomplished, and to fulfill the Scripture, Jesus said: “I am thirsty.”

Hebrews 5:7

During Christ’s days on earth he pleaded with God, praying with passion and with tearful agony that God would spare him from death. And because of his perfect devotion his prayer was answered and he was delivered.