1Ki 8:38, Psa 6:6, 32:3-4, 38:2, 8-10, 77:3-9, 119:20, 81-83, 131, Rom 8:26 | ESV | STEP | whatever prayer , whatever plea is made by any man or by all your people Israel , each knowing the affliction of his own heart and stretching out his hands toward this house ,

1 Kings 8:38

38 whatever prayer, whatever plea is made by any man or by all your people Israel, each knowing the affliction of his own heart and stretching out his hands toward this house,

Psalms 6:6

6 I am ^aweary with my ^bmoaning;
every night I flood my bed with tears;
I drench my couch with my weeping.

Psalms 32:3-4

3 For when I kept silent, my ^cbones wasted away
through my ^dgroaning all day long.
4 For day and night your ^ehand was heavy upon me;
my strength was dried up ^{▼▼Hebrew my vitality was changed} as by the heat of summer. Selah

Psalms 38:2

2 For your ^garrows have sunk into me,
and your hand ^hhas come down on me.

Psalms 38:8-10

8 I am feeble and crushed;
I ⁱgroan because of the tumult of my heart.
9 O Lord, all my longing is before you;
my ^jsighing is not hidden from you.
10 My heart throbs; my strength fails me,
and ^kthe light of my eyes—it also has gone from me.

Psalms 77:3-9

3 When I remember God, I ^lmoan;
when I meditate, my spirit faints. Selah
4 You hold my eyelids open;
I am so ^mtroubled that I cannot speak.
5 I consider ⁿthe days of old,
the years long ago.
6 I said, ^{▼▼Hebrew lacks I said} “Let me remember my ^psong in the night;
let me ^qmeditate in my heart.”
Then my spirit made a diligent search:
7 “Will the Lord ^rspurn forever,
and never again ^sbe favorable?
8 Has his steadfast love forever ceased?
Are his ^tpromises at an end for all time?
9 ^uHas God forgotten to be gracious?
^vHas he in anger shut up his compassion?” Selah

Psalms 119:20

20 My soul is consumed with ^wlonging
for your rules ^{▼▼Or your just decrees; also verses 30, 39, 43, 52, 75, 102, 108, 137, 156, 175} at all times.

Psalms 119:81-83

Kaph

81 My soul ^ylongs for your salvation;
I ^zhope in your word.
82 My ^aaeyes long for your promise;
I ask, ^ab“When will you comfort me?”
83 For I have ^acbecome like a ^adwineskin in the smoke,
yet I have not forgotten your statutes.

Psalms 119:131

131 I ^aeopen my mouth and ^afpant,
because I ^aglong for your commandments.

Romans 8:26

26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For ^ahwe do not know what to pray for as we ought, but ^aithe Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.