I am worn out, O LORD; have pity on me! Give me strength; I am completely exhausted

and my whole being is deeply troubled. How long, O LORD, will you wait to help me?

Here in exile my heart is breaking, and so I turn my thoughts to him. He has sent waves of sorrow over my soul; chaos roars at me like a flood, like waterfalls thundering down to the Jordan from Mount Hermon and Mount Mizar.

I am terrified, and the terrors of death crush me.

I am gripped by fear and trembling; I am overcome with horror.

Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I had hoped for sympathy, but there was none; for comfort, but I found none.

When I think of God, I sigh; when I meditate, I feel discouraged.

My enemies have hunted me down and completely defeated me. They have put me in a dark prison, and I am like those who died long ago.

So I am ready to give up; I am in deep despair.

Almighty God has shot me with arrows, and their poison spreads through my body. God has lined up his terrors against me.

I am tired of living. Listen to my bitter complaint.

He shot his arrows deep into my body.

I think of it constantly, and my spirit is depressed.

He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee. Grief and anguish came over him,

and he said to them, "The sorrow in my heart is so great that it almost crushes me. Stay here and keep watch with me."

My life is like the evening shadows; I am like dry grass.

They will soon disappear like grass that dries up; they will die like plants that wither.

Grass withers and flowers fade when the LORD sends the wind blowing over them. People are no more enduring than grass.

Because of your anger and fury, ashes are my food, and my tears are mixed with my drink. You picked me up and threw me away.

This went on year after year; whenever they went to the house of the LORD, Peninnah would upset Hannah so much that she would cry and refuse to eat anything.

Her husband Elkanah would ask her, "Hannah, why are you crying? Why won't you eat? Why are you always so sad? Don't I mean more to you than ten sons?"

Then he went from in front of the Temple into the living quarters of Jehohanan son of Eliashib, and spent the night there grieving over the unfaithfulness of the exiles. He did not eat or drink anything.

For three days he was not able to see, and during that time he did not eat or drink anything.