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When You Are Grieving

For loss — Scripture that sits with sorrow honestly before it says anything about hope.

14 items · 146 verses · 14 m 54 s of audio ready (146 of 146 verses, voice “Rooted Narrator”)

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    The Lord is near the brokenhearted range
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    Through the valley of the shadow range
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    My tears have been my food range
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    You keep track of my sorrows range
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    Cast your burden on the Lord range
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    Job loses everything, and worships range
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    I know that my Redeemer lives range
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    His mercies are new every morning range
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    Blessed are those who mourn range
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    Jesus wept range
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    The God of all comfort range
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    We do not grieve as those without hope range
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    Death is swallowed up in victory range
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    He will wipe away every tear range

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Reading order — first 40 of 146

  1. Psalms.34.15
    15The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.
  2. 16But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.
  3. 17The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears; He delivers them from all their troubles.
  4. 18The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.
  5. 19Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.
  6. 20He protects all his bones; not one of them will be broken.
  7. 21Evil will slay the wicked, and the haters of the righteous will be condemned.
  8. 22The LORD redeems His servants, and none who take refuge in Him will be condemned.
  9. 1The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
  10. 2He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.
  11. 3He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.
  12. 4Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
  13. 5You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
  14. 6Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
  15. 1As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.
  16. 2My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence?
  17. 3My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”
  18. 4These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the festive procession to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise.
  19. 5Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him for the salvation of His presence.
  20. 6O my God, my soul despairs within me. Therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan and the peaks of Hermon—even from Mount Mizar.
  21. 7Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me.
  22. 8The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life.
  23. 9I say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?”
  24. 10Like the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
  25. 11Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
  26. 1Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.
  27. 2My enemies pursue me all day long, for many proudly assail me.
  28. 3When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.
  29. 4In God, whose word I praise—in God I trust. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
  30. 5All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are on my demise.
  31. 6They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.
  32. 7In spite of such sin, will they escape? In Your anger, O God, cast down the nations.
  33. 8You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle—are they not in Your book?
  34. 9Then my enemies will retreat on the day I cry for help. By this I will know that God is on my side.
  35. 10In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise,
  36. 11in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
  37. 12Your vows are upon me, O God; I will render thank offerings to You.
  38. 13For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.
  39. 16But I call to God, and the LORD saves me.
  40. 17Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.