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"I do this because, when I was returning from Paddan, your
mother Rachel died, to my sorrow, during the journey in Canaan,
while we were still a short distance from Ephrath; and I buried
her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem)." [Taken
from GEN
48:7]
"You, Reuben, my first-born, my strength and the first
fruit of my manhood, excelling in rank and excelling in power!
Unruly as water, you shall no longer excel, for you climbed into
your father's bed and defiled my couch to my sorrow." [GEN
49:3-4]
Hannah rose after one such meal at Shiloh, and presented
herself before the LORD; at the time, Eli the priest was sitting
on a chair near the doorpost of the LORD'S temple. In her
bitterness she prayed to the LORD, weeping copiously, and she made
a vow, promising: "O LORD of hosts, if you look with pity on
the misery of your handmaid, if you remember me and do not forget
me, if you give your handmaid a male child, I will give him to the
LORD for as long as he lives; neither wine nor liquor shall he
drink, and no razor shall ever touch his head." As she
remained long at prayer before the LORD, Eli watched her mouth,
for Hannah was praying silently; though her lips were moving, her
voice could not be heard. Eli, thinking her drunk, said to her,
"How long will you make a drunken show of yourself? Sober up
from your wine!" "It isn't that, my lord," Hannah
answered. "I am an unhappy woman. I have had neither wine nor
liquor; I was only pouring out my troubles to the LORD. Do not
think your handmaid a ne'er-do-well; my prayer has been prompted
by my deep sorrow and misery." Eli said, "Go in peace,
and may the God of Israel grant you what you have asked of
him." She replied, "Think kindly of your
maidservant," and left. She went to her quarters, ate and
drank with her husband, and no longer appeared downcast. Early the
next morning they worshiped before the LORD, and then returned to
their home in Ramah. When Elkanah had relations with his wife
Hannah, the LORD remembered her. She conceived, and at the end of
her term bore a son whom she called Samuel, since she had asked
the LORD for him. [1SAM 1:9-20]
When the builders had laid the foundation of the LORD'S temple,
the vested priests with the trumpets and the Levites, sons of
Asaph, were stationed there with the cymbals to praise the LORD in
the manner laid down by David, king of Israel. They alternated in
songs of praise and thanksgiving to the LORD, "for he is
good, for his kindness to Israel endures forever"; and all
the people raised a great shout of joy, praising the LORD because
the foundation of the LORD'S house had been laid. Many of the
priests, Levites, and family heads, the old men who had seen the
former house, cried out in sorrow as they watched the foundation
of the present house being laid. Many others, however, lifted up
their voices in shouts of joy, and no one could distinguish the
sound of the joyful shouting from the sound of those who were
weeping; for the people raised a mighty clamor which was heard
afar off. [EZRA 3:10-13]
The table was set for me, and when many different dishes were
placed before me, I said to my son Tobiah: "My son, go out
and try to find a poor man from among our kinsmen exiled here in
Nineveh. If he is a sincere worshiper of God, bring him back with
you, so that he can share this meal with me. Indeed, son, I shall
wait for you to come back." Tobiah went out to look for some
poor kinsman of ours. When he returned he exclaimed,
"Father!" I said to him, "What is it, son?" He
answered, "Father, one of our people has been murdered! His
body lies in the market place where he was just strangled!" I
sprang to my feet, leaving the dinner untouched; and I carried the
dead man from the street and put him in one of the rooms, so that
I might bury him after sunset. Returning to my own quarters, I
washed myself and ate my food in sorrow. I was reminded of the
oracle pronounced by the prophet Amos against Bethel: "Your
festivals shall be turned into mourning, And all your songs into
lamentation." And I wept. Then at sunset I went out, dug a
grave, and buried him. The neighbors mocked me, saying to one
another: "Will this man never learn! Once before he was
hunted down for execution because of this very thing; yet now that
he has escaped, here he is again burying the dead!" [TOBIT 2:2-8]
That day she was deeply grieved in spirit. She went in tears to
an upstairs room in her father's house with the intention of
hanging herself. But she reconsidered, saying to herself:
"No! People would level this insult against my father: 'You
had only one beloved daughter, but she hanged herself because of
ill fortune!' And thus would I cause my father in his old age to
go down to the nether world laden with sorrow. It is far better
for me not to hang myself, but to beg the Lord to have me die, so
that I need no longer live to hear such insults." At that
time, then, she spread out her hands, and facing the window,
poured out this prayer: "Blessed are you, O Lord, merciful
God! Forever blessed and honored is your holy name; may all your
works forever bless you. And now, O Lord, to you I turn my face
and raise my eyes. Bid me to depart from the earth, never again to
hear such insults. You know, O Master, that I am innocent of any
impure act with a man, And that I have never defiled my own name
or my father's name in the land of my exile. I am my father's only
daughter, and he has no other child to make his heir, Nor does he
have a close kinsman or other relative whom I might bide my time
to marry. I have already lost seven husbands; why then should I
live any longer? But if it please you, Lord, not to slay me, look
favorably upon me and have pity on me; never again let me hear
these insults!" [TOBIT 3:10-15]
Tobiah objected, however: "Brother Azariah, I have heard
that this woman has already been married seven times, and that her
husbands died in their bridal chambers. On the very night they
approached her, they dropped dead. And I have heard it said that
it was a demon who killed them. So now I too am afraid of this
demon. Because he loves her, he does not harm her; but he does
slay any man who wishes to come close to her. I am my father's
only child. If I should die, I would bring my father and mother
down to their grave in sorrow over me. And they have no other son
to bury them!" Raphael said to him: "Do you not remember
your father's orders? He commanded you to marry a woman from your
own family. So now listen to me, brother; do not give another
thought to this demon, but marry Sarah. I know that tonight you
shall have her for your wife!" [TOBIT 6:14-16]
He summoned Tobiah and made an oath in his presence, saying: "For fourteen days you shall not stir from here, but shall remain here eating and drinking with me; and you shall bring joy to my daughter's sorrowing spirit.
Take, to begin with, half of whatever I own when you go back in good health to your father; the other half will be yours when I and my wife die. Be of good cheer, my son! I am your father, and Edna is your mother; and we belong to you and to your beloved now and forever. So be happy, son!"
[TOBIT 8:20-21]
"And now, Lord God, King, God of Abraham, spare your people, for our enemies plan our ruin and are bent upon destroying the inheritance that was yours from the beginning. Do not spurn your portion, which you redeemed for yourself out of Egypt. Hear my prayer; have pity on your inheritance and turn our sorrow into joy: thus we shall live to sing praise to your name, O Lord. Do not silence those who praise you."
[Taken from ESTH C:8-10]
Mordecai recorded these events and sent letters to all the
Jews, both near and far, in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus.
He ordered them to celebrate every year both the fourteenth and
the fifteenth of the month of Adar as the days on which the Jews
obtained rest from their enemies and as the month which was turned
for them from sorrow into joy, from mourning into festivity. They
were to observe these days with feasting and gladness, sending
food to one another and gifts to the poor. [ESTH 9:20-22]
When the king heard this news, he was struck with fear and very
much shaken. Sick with grief because his designs had failed, he
took to his bed. There he remained many days, overwhelmed with
sorrow, for he knew he was going to die. So he called in all his
Friends and said to them: "Sleep has departed from my eyes,
for my heart is sinking with anxiety. I said to myself: 'Into what
tribulation have I come, and in what floods of sorrow am I now!
Yet I was kindly and beloved in my rule.' But I now recall the
evils I did in Jerusalem, when I carried away all the vessels of
gold and silver that were in it, and for no cause gave orders that
the inhabitants of Judah be destroyed. I know that this is why
these evils have overtaken me; and now I am dying, in bitter
grief, in a foreign land." [1MACC 6:8-13]
I am wearied with sighing; all night long tears drench my bed; my couch is soaked with weeping. My eyes are dimmed with sorrow, worn out because of all my foes.
[PS 6:7-8]
Rise up, LORD God! Raise your arm! Do not forget the poor! Why should the wicked scorn God, say in their hearts, "God doesn't care"? But you do see; you do observe this misery and sorrow; you take the matter in hand.
To you the helpless can entrust their cause; you are the defender of orphans.
[Taken from PS 10:12-14]
How long, LORD? Will you utterly forget me? How long will you hide your face from me?
How long must I carry sorrow in my soul, grief in my heart day after day? How long will my enemy triumph over me?
[PS 13:2-3]
I say to the Lord, you are my Lord, you are my only good.
Worthless are all the false gods of the land. Accursed are all who
delight in them. They multiply their sorrows who court other
gods. [Taken from PS 16:2-4]
Be gracious to me, LORD, for I am in distress; with grief my
eyes are wasted, my soul and body spent. My life is worn out by
sorrow, my years by sighing. My strength fails in affliction; my
bones are consumed. To all my foes I am a thing of scorn, to my
neighbors, a dreaded sight, a horror to my friends. When they see
me in the street, they quickly shy away. I am forgotten, out of
mind like the dead; I am like a shattered dish. I hear the
whispers of the crowd; terrors are all around me. They conspire
against me; they plot to take my life. But I trust in you, LORD; I
say, "You are my God." [PS 31:10-15]
Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but love surrounds those
who trust in the LORD. [PS 32:10]
I said, "I will watch my ways, lest I sin with my tongue;
I will set a curb on my mouth." Dumb and silent before the
wicked, I refrained from any speech. But my sorrow increased; my
heart smoldered within me. In my thoughts a fire blazed up, and I
broke into speech [Taken from PS 39:2-4]
My eyes cannot close in sleep; I am troubled and cannot speak.
I consider the days of old; the years long past I remember. In the
night I meditate in my heart; I ponder and my spirit broods:
"Will the Lord reject us forever, never again show favor? Has
God's love ceased forever? Has the promise failed for all ages?
Has God forgotten mercy, in anger withheld compassion?" I
conclude: "My sorrow is this, the right hand of the Most High
has left us." [Taken from PS 77:5-11]
Truly we are consumed by your anger, filled with terror by your
wrath. You have kept our faults before you, our hidden sins
exposed to your sight. Our life ebbs away under your wrath; our
years end like a sigh. Seventy is the sum of our years, or eighty,
if we are strong; Most of them are sorrow and toil; they pass
quickly, we are all but gone. Who comprehends your terrible anger?
Your wrath matches the fear it inspires. Teach us to count our
days aright, that we may gain wisdom of heart. Relent, O LORD! How
long? Have pity on your servants! Fill us at daybreak with your
love, that all our days we may sing for joy. Make us glad as many
days as you humbled us, for as many years as we have seen trouble.
[PS 90:7-15]
Even in laughter the heart may be sad, and the end of joy may
be sorrow. [PROV 14:13]
A foolish son is vexation to his father, and bitter sorrow to
her who bore him. [PROV 17:25]
Like a moth in clothing, or a maggot in wood, sorrow gnaws at
the human heart. [PROV 25:20]
Though I said to myself, "Behold, I have become great and
stored up wisdom beyond all who were before me in Jerusalem, and
my mind has broad experience of wisdom and knowledge"; yet
when I applied my mind to know wisdom and knowledge, madness and
folly, I learned that this also is a chase after wind. For in much
wisdom there is much sorrow, and he who stores up knowledge stores
up grief. [ECCL 1:16-18]
For what profit comes to a man from all the toil and anxiety of heart with which he has labored under the sun? All his days sorrow and grief are his occupation; even at night his mind is not at rest. This also is vanity.
[ECCL 2:22-23]
This is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches
kept by their owner to his hurt. Should the riches be lost through
some misfortune, he may have a son when he is without means. As he
came forth from his mother's womb, so again shall he depart, naked
as he came, having nothing from his labor that he can carry in his
hand. This too is a grievous evil, that he goes just as he came.
What then does it profit him to toil for wind? All the days of his
life are passed in gloom and sorrow, under great vexation,
sickness and wrath. [ECCL 5:12-16]
A good name is better than good ointment, and the day of death
than the day of birth. It is better to go to the house of mourning
than to the house of feasting, For that is the end of every man,
and the living should take it to heart. Sorrow is better than
laughter, because when the face is sad the heart grows wiser. The
heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of
fools is in the house of mirth. [ECCL 7:1-4]
A stubborn man will fare badly in the end, and he who loves danger will perish in it.
A stubborn man will be burdened with sorrow; a sinner will heap sin upon sin.
[SIRACH 3:25-26]
When you gain a friend, first test him, and be not too ready to
trust him For one sort of friend is a friend when it suits him,
but he will not be with you in time of distress. Another is a
friend who becomes an enemy, and tells of the quarrel to your
shame. Another is a friend, a boon companion, who will not be with
you when sorrow comes. When things go well, he is your other self,
and lords it over your servants; But if you are brought low, he
turns against you and avoids meeting you. Keep away from your
enemies; be on your guard with your friends. A faithful friend is
a sturdy shelter; he who finds one finds a treasure. [SIRACH 6:7-14]
He who spoils his son will have wounds to bandage, and will
quake inwardly at every outcry. A colt untamed turns out stubborn;
a son left to himself grows up unruly. Pamper your child and he
will be a terror for you, indulge him and he will bring you grief.
Share not in his frivolity lest you share in his sorrow, when
finally your teeth are clenched in remorse. Give him not his own
way in his youth, and close not your eyes to his follies. Bend him
to the yoke when he is young, thrash his sides while he is still
small, Lest he become stubborn, disobey you, and leave you
disconsolate. Discipline your son, make heavy his yoke, lest his
folly humiliate you. [SIRACH 30:7-13]
Every friend declares his friendship, but there are friends who are friends in name only.
Is it not a sorrow unto death when your bosom companion becomes your enemy?
[SIRACH 37:1-2]
My son, shed tears for one who is dead with wailing and bitter
lament; As is only proper, prepare the body, absent not yourself
from his burial: Weeping bitterly, mourning fully, pay your
tribute of sorrow, as he deserves, One or two days, to prevent
gossip; then compose yourself after your grief, For grief can
bring on an extremity and heartache destroy one's health. Turn not
your thoughts to him again; cease to recall him; think rather of
the end. Recall him not, for there is no hope of his return; it
will not help him, but will do you harm. Remember that his fate
will also be yours; for him it was yesterday, for you today. [Taken
from SIRACH 38:16-22]
Howl, for the day of the LORD is near; as destruction from the
Almighty it comes. Therefore all hands fall helpless, the bows of
the young men fall from their hands. Every man's heart melts in
terror. Pangs and sorrows take hold of them, like a woman in labor
they writhe; They look aghast at each other, their faces aflame.
Lo, the day of the LORD comes, cruel, with wrath and burning
anger; To lay waste the land and destroy the sinners within it! [ISA
13:6-9]
On the day the LORD relieves you of sorrow and unrest and the
hard service in which you have been enslaved, you will take up
this taunt-song against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has
reached his end! how the turmoil is stilled! The LORD has broken
the rod of the wicked, the staff of the tyrants That struck the
peoples in wrath relentless blows; That beat down the nations in
anger, with oppression unchecked. The whole earth rests
peacefully, song breaks forth; The very cypresses rejoice over
you, and the cedars of Lebanon: "Now that you are laid to
rest, there will be none to cut us down." [Taken from ISA
14:3-8]
Those whom the LORD has ransomed will return and enter Zion
singing, crowned with everlasting joy; They will meet with joy and
gladness, sorrow and mourning will flee. [ISA 35:10]
Why did I come forth from the womb, to see sorrow and pain, to
end my days in shame? [JER 20:18]
Then the virgins shall make merry and dance, and young men and
old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, I will console
and gladden them after their sorrows. [JER 31:13]
Thus says the LORD: In Ramah is heard the sound of moaning, of
bitter weeping! Rachel mourns her children, she refuses to be
consoled because her children are no more. Thus says the LORD:
Cease your cries of mourning, wipe the tears from your eyes. The
sorrow you have shown shall have its reward, says the LORD, they
shall return from the enemy's land. There is hope for your future,
says the LORD; your sons shall return to their own borders. [JER
31:15-17]
So the king ordered Daniel to be brought and cast into the
lions' den. To Daniel he said, "May your God, whom you serve
so constantly, save you." To forestall any tampering, the
king sealed with his own ring and the rings of the lords the stone
that had been brought to block the opening of the den. Then the
king returned to his palace for the night; he refused to eat and
he dismissed the entertainers. Since sleep was impossible for him,
the king rose very early the next morning and hastened to the
lions' den. As he drew near, he cried out to Daniel sorrowfully,
"O Daniel, servant of the living God, has the God whom you
serve so constantly been able to save you from the lions?"
Daniel answered the king: "O king, live forever! My God has
sent his angel and closed the lions' mouths so that they have not
hurt me. For I have been found innocent before him; neither to you
have I done any harm, O king!" This gave the king great joy.
At his order Daniel was removed from the den, unhurt because he
trusted in his God. [DAN 6:17-24]
Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he
said to his disciples, "Sit here while I go over there and
pray." He took along Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and
began to feel sorrow and distress. Then he said to them, "My
soul is sorrowful even to death. Remain here and keep watch with
me." He advanced a little and fell prostrate in prayer,
saying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from
me; yet, not as I will, but as you will." When he returned to
his disciples he found them asleep. He said to Peter, "So you
could not keep watch with me for one hour? Watch and pray that you
may not undergo the test. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is
weak." Withdrawing a second time, he prayed again, "My
Father, if it is not possible that this cup pass without my
drinking it, your will be done!" Then he returned once more
and found them asleep, for they could not keep their eyes open. He
left them and withdrew again and prayed a third time, saying the
same thing again. Then he returned to his disciples and said to
them, "Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? Behold,
the hour is at hand when the Son of Man is to be handed over to
sinners. Get up, let us go. Look, my betrayer is at hand." [MT
26:36-46]
Then they came to a place named Gethsemane, and he said to his
disciples, "Sit here while I pray." He took with him
Peter, James, and John, and began to be troubled and distressed.
Then he said to them, "My soul is sorrowful even to death.
Remain here and keep watch." He advanced a little and fell to
the ground and prayed that if it were possible the hour might pass
by him; he said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible to
you. Take this cup away from me, but not what I will but what you
will." When he returned he found them asleep. He said to
Peter, "Simon, are you asleep? Could you not keep watch for
one hour? Watch and pray that you may not undergo the test. The
spirit is willing but the flesh is weak." Withdrawing again,
he prayed, saying the same thing. Then he returned once more and
found them asleep, for they could not keep their eyes open and did
not know what to answer him. He returned a third time and said to
them, "Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? It is
enough. The hour has come. Behold, the Son of Man is to be handed
over to sinners. Get up, let us go. See, my betrayer is at
hand." [MK 14:32-42]
I speak the truth in Christ, I do not lie; my conscience joins
with the Holy Spirit in bearing me witness that I have great
sorrow and constant anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I
myself were accursed and separated from Christ for the sake of my
brothers, my kin according to the flesh. They are Israelites;
theirs the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the
law, the worship, and the promises; theirs the patriarchs, and
from them, according to the flesh, is the Messiah. God who is over
all be blessed forever. Amen. [ROM 9:1-5]
It is widely reported that there is immorality among you, and immorality of a kind not found even among
pagans - a man living with his father's wife. And you are inflated with pride.
Should you not rather have been sorrowful? The one who did this deed should be expelled from your midst.
[1COR 5:1-2]
We cause no one to stumble in anything, in order that no fault
may be found with our ministry; on the contrary, in everything we
commend ourselves as ministers of God, through much endurance, in
afflictions, hardships, constraints, beatings, imprisonments,
riots, labors, vigils, fasts; by purity, knowledge, patience,
kindness, in a holy spirit, in unfeigned love, in truthful speech,
in the power of God; with weapons of righteousness at the right
and at the left; through glory and dishonor, insult and praise. We
are treated as deceivers and yet are truthful; as unrecognized and
yet acknowledged; as dying and behold we live; as chastised and
yet not put to death; as sorrowful yet always rejoicing; as poor
yet enriching many; as having nothing and yet possessing all
things. [2COR 6:3-10]
For even if I saddened you by my letter, I do not regret it;
and if I did regret it ((for) I see that that letter saddened you,
if only for a while), I rejoice now, not because you were
saddened, but because you were saddened into repentance; for you
were saddened in a godly way, so that you did not suffer loss in
anything because of us. For godly sorrow produces a salutary
repentance without regret, but worldly sorrow produces death. For
behold what earnestness this godly sorrow has produced for you, as
well as readiness for a defense, and indignation, and fear, and
yearning, and zeal, and punishment. In every way you have shown
yourselves to be innocent in the matter. So then even though I
wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did the wrong,
or on account of the one who suffered the wrong, but in order that
your concern for us might be made plain to you in the sight of
God. For this reason we are encouraged. And besides our
encouragement, we rejoice even more because of the joy of Titus,
since his spirit has been refreshed by all of you. For if I have
boasted to him about you, I was not put to shame. No, just as
everything we said to you was true, so our boasting before Titus
proved to be the truth. And his heart goes out to you all the
more, as he remembers the obedience of all of you, when you
received him with fear and trembling. I rejoice, because I have
confidence in you in every respect. [2COR 7:8-16]
With regard to Epaphroditus, my brother and co-worker and
fellow soldier, your messenger and minister in my need, I consider
it necessary to send him to you. For he has been longing for all
of you and was distressed because you heard that he was ill. He
was indeed ill, close to death; but God had mercy on him, not just
on him but also on me, so that I might not have sorrow upon
sorrow. I send him therefore with the greater eagerness, so that,
on seeing him, you may rejoice again, and I may have less anxiety.
Welcome him then in the Lord with all joy and hold such people in
esteem, because for the sake of the work of Christ he came close
to death, risking his life to make up for those services to me
that you could not perform. [PHIL 2:25-30]
Obey your leaders and defer to them, for they keep watch over
you and will have to give an account, that they may fulfill their
task with joy and not with sorrow, for that would be of no
advantage to you. [HEB 13:17]
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