The men of Ai chased them from the city gate as far as some quarries and killed about thirty-six of them on the way down the hill. Then the Israelites lost their courage and were afraid.

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."

In great anguish he prayed even more fervently; his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.

"Now my heart is troubled---and what shall I say? Shall I say, 'Father, do not let this hour come upon me'? But that is why I came---so that I might go through this hour of suffering.

All my bones can be seen. My enemies look at me and stare.

He turned pale and was so frightened that his knees began to shake.

As smoke is blown away, so he drives them off; as wax melts in front of the fire, so do the wicked perish in God's presence.

The men of Ai chased them from the city gate as far as some quarries and killed about thirty-six of them on the way down the hill. Then the Israelites lost their courage and were afraid.

Almighty God has destroyed my courage. It is God, not the dark, that makes me afraid--- even though the darkness has made me blind.

He took Peter, James, and John with him. Distress 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."