Sorrow - Grieving
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· 32 viewsThe human reponse to painful and distressing life situations, especially those involving loss.
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Sorrow caused by the trials of life
Sorrow caused by the trials of life
The years of our life are seventy,
or even by reason of strength eighty;
yet their span is but toil and trouble;
they are soon gone, and we fly away.
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How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever?
How long will you hide your face from me?
How long must I take counsel in my soul
and have sorrow in my heart all the day?
How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?
Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress;
my eye is wasted from grief;
my soul and my body also.
For in much wisdom is much vexation,
and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.
For all his days are full of sorrow, and his work is a vexation. Even in the night his heart does not rest. This also is vanity.
Why did I come out from the womb
to see toil and sorrow,
and spend my days in shame?
Sorrow caused by fulfilling God’s will
Sorrow caused by fulfilling God’s will
In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials,
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Then he said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and watch with me.”
Indeed he was ill, near to death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.
Jesus Christ’s sorrow in response to human sin
Jesus Christ’s sorrow in response to human sin
And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it, saying, “Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
The promise of final deliverance from sorrow
The promise of final deliverance from sorrow
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And the ransomed of the Lord shall return
and come to Zion with singing;
everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;
they shall obtain gladness and joy,
and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”
Sorrow caused by illness
Sorrow caused by illness
Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, and said, “Please, O Lord, remember how I have walked before you in faithfulness and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
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O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger,
nor discipline me in your wrath.
Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing;
heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled.
My soul also is greatly troubled.
But you, O Lord—how long?
Turn, O Lord, deliver my life;
save me for the sake of your steadfast love.
For in death there is no remembrance of you;
in Sheol who will give you praise?
I am weary with my moaning;
every night I flood my bed with tears;
I drench my couch with my weeping.
My eye wastes away because of grief;
it grows weak because of all my foes.
Sorrow caused by childlessness
Sorrow caused by childlessness
Do not regard your servant as a worthless woman, for all along I have been speaking out of my great anxiety and vexation.”
Sorrow caused by parting
Sorrow caused by parting
And there was much weeping on the part of all; they embraced Paul and kissed him,
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and they will kill him, and he will be raised on the third day.” And they were greatly distressed.
And when he rose from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping for sorrow,
and they will kill him, and he will be raised on the third day.” And they were greatly distressed.
But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.
Sorrow caused by bereavement
Sorrow caused by bereavement
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And Sarah died at Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.
But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb.
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Then Joseph fell on his father’s face and wept over him and kissed him.
And the people of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days. Then the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.
So the victory that day was turned into mourning for all the people, for the people heard that day, “The king is grieving for his son.”
As he drew near to the gate of the town, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow, and a considerable crowd from the town was with her. And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and said to her, “Do not weep.” Then he came up and touched the bier, and the bearers stood still. And he said, “Young man, I say to you, arise.”
And all were weeping and mourning for her, but he said, “Do not weep, for she is not dead but sleeping.”
When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in his spirit and greatly troubled. And he said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.” Jesus wept.
Devout men buried Stephen and made great lamentation over him.
Sorrow caused by national calamities
Sorrow caused by national calamities
By the waters of Babylon,
there we sat down and wept,
when we remembered Zion.
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in the streets they wear sackcloth;
on the housetops and in the squares
everyone wails and melts in tears.
Therefore I said:
“Look away from me;
let me weep bitter tears;
do not labor to comfort me
concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
Weep not for him who is dead,
nor grieve for him,
but weep bitterly for him who goes away,
for he shall return no more
to see his native land.
Grieve for him, all you who are around him,
and all who know his name;
say, ‘How the mighty scepter is broken,
the glorious staff.’
“As for you, son of man, groan; with breaking heart and bitter grief, groan before their eyes.
and shout aloud over you
and cry out bitterly.
They cast dust on their heads
and wallow in ashes;
God and sorrow
God and sorrow
God is close to those who grieve
God is close to those who grieve
The Lord is near to the brokenhearted
and saves the crushed in spirit.
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But you do see, for you note mischief and vexation,
that you may take it into your hands;
to you the helpless commits himself;
you have been the helper of the fatherless.
Surely he has borne our griefs
and carried our sorrows;
yet we esteemed him stricken,
smitten by God, and afflicted.
Jesus wept.
God comforts the sorrowing
God comforts the sorrowing
Then shall the young women rejoice in the dance,
and the young men and the old shall be merry.
I will turn their mourning into joy;
I will comfort them, and give them gladness for sorrow.
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And the ransomed of the Lord shall return
and come to Zion with singing;
everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;
they shall obtain gladness and joy,
and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
but, though he cause grief, he will have compassion
according to the abundance of his steadfast love;
for he does not afflict from his heart
or grieve the children of men.
Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy.
But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.
He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”
Sorrow in response to human sin
Sorrow in response to human sin
The result of sinning
The result of sinning
The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply;
their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out
or take their names on my lips.
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The only one of you whom I shall not cut off from my altar shall be spared to weep his eyes out to grieve his heart, and all the descendants of your house shall die by the sword of men.
Grief over the failure of others
Grief over the failure of others
For I wrote to you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.
Now if anyone has caused pain, he has caused it not to me, but in some measure—not to put it too severely—to all of you.
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The sons of Jacob had come in from the field as soon as they heard of it, and the men were indignant and very angry, because he had done an outrageous thing in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter, for such a thing must not be done.
And Jonathan rose from the table in fierce anger and ate no food the second day of the month, for he was grieved for David, because his father had disgraced him.
Then Ezra withdrew from before the house of God and went to the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib, where he spent the night, neither eating bread nor drinking water, for he was mourning over the faithlessness of the exiles.
And the Lord said to him, “Pass through the city, through Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations that are committed in it.”
that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to mourn? Let him who has done this be removed from among you.
Grief over one’s own shortcomings
Grief over one’s own shortcomings
“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
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And Peter remembered the saying of Jesus, “Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” And he went out and wept bitterly.
As it is, I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because you were grieved into repenting. For you felt a godly grief, so that you suffered no loss through us.
For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death. For see what earnestness this godly grief has produced in you, but also what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what punishment! At every point you have proved yourselves innocent in the matter.
Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.
Sorrow in response to God’s judgment on human sin
Sorrow in response to God’s judgment on human sin
Her foes have become the head;
her enemies prosper,
because the Lord has afflicted her
for the multitude of her transgressions;
her children have gone away,
captives before the foe.
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As soon as I heard these words I sat down and wept and mourned for days, and I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
For the wound of the daughter of my people is my heart wounded;
I mourn, and dismay has taken hold on me.
Woe is me because of my hurt!
My wound is grievous.
But I said, “Truly this is an affliction,
and I must bear it.”
But if you will not listen,
my soul will weep in secret for your pride;
my eyes will weep bitterly and run down with tears,
because the Lord’s flock has been taken captive.
“Judah mourns,
and her gates languish;
her people lament on the ground,
and the cry of Jerusalem goes up.
“As for you, son of man, groan; with breaking heart and bitter grief, groan before their eyes.
Cry out and wail, son of man, for it is against my people. It is against all the princes of Israel. They are delivered over to the sword with my people. Strike therefore upon your thigh.
Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord:
“In all the squares there shall be wailing,
and in all the streets they shall say, ‘Alas! Alas!’
They shall call the farmers to mourning
and to wailing those who are skilled in lamentation,
and in all vineyards there shall be wailing,
for I will pass through your midst,”
says the Lord.
I will turn your feasts into mourning
and all your songs into lamentation;
I will bring sackcloth on every waist
and baldness on every head;
I will make it like the mourning for an only son
and the end of it like a bitter day.
For this I will lament and wail;
I will go stripped and naked;
I will make lamentation like the jackals,
and mourning like the ostriches.
A day of wrath is that day,
a day of distress and anguish,
a day of ruin and devastation,
a day of darkness and gloom,
a day of clouds and thick darkness,
“And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.
while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen.