2Sa 12:21-22, Psa 6:6, 102:9, Isa 38:14, Heb 5:7 | ESV | STEP | Then his servants said to him, What is this thing that you have done ? You fasted and wept for the child while he was alive ; but when the child died , you arose and ate food .

2 Samuel 12:21-22

21 Then his servants said to him, “What is this thing that you have done? You fasted and wept for the child while he was alive; but when the child died, you arose and ate food.” 22 He said, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, ^a‘Who knows whether the Lord will be gracious to me, that the child may live?’

Psalms 6:6

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

Psalms 102:9

9 For I eat ashes like bread
and ^dmingle tears with my drink,

Isaiah 38:14

14 Like ^ea swallow or a crane I chirp;
^fI moan like a dove.
^gMy eyes are weary with looking upward.
O Lord, I am oppressed; ^hbe my pledge of safety!

Hebrews 5:7

7 In the days of his flesh, ⁱJesus ^{▼▼Greek he} offered up prayers and supplications, ^kwith loud cries and tears, to him ^lwho was able to save him from death, and ^mhe was heard because of his reverence.