Judg 2:4-5, Psa 6:1-6, 30:5, 31:9-11, 38:18, 51:1, 126:5-6, 2Cor 7:10 | ESV | STEP | As soon as the angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the people of Israel , the people lifted up their voices and wept .

Judges 2:4-5

4 As soon as the angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the people of Israel, the people lifted up their voices and wept. 5 And they called the name of that place Bochim. ^{▼▼ Bochim means weepers} And they sacrificed there to the Lord.

Psalms 6:1-6

O Lord, Deliver My Life

To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments; according to ^bThe Sheminith. ^{▼▼Probably a musical or liturgical term} A Psalm of David.

1 O Lord, ^drebuke me not in your anger,
nor ^ediscipline me in your wrath.
2 Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing;
^fheal me, O Lord, ^gfor my bones are troubled.
3 My ^hsoul also is greatly troubled.
But you, O Lord— ⁱhow long?
4 Turn, O Lord, deliver my life;
save me for the sake of your steadfast love.
5 For in ^jdeath there is no remembrance of you;
in Sheol who will give you praise?
6 I am ^kweary with my ^lmoaning;
every night I flood my bed with tears;
I drench my couch with my weeping.

Psalms 30:5

5 ^mFor his anger is but for a moment,
and ⁿhis favor is for a lifetime. ^{▼▼Or and in his favor is life}
^pWeeping may tarry for the night,
but ^qjoy comes with the morning.

Psalms 31:9-11

9 Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am ^rin distress;
^smy eye is wasted from grief;
my soul and my body also.
10 For my life is spent with sorrow,
and my years with sighing;
my strength fails because of my iniquity,
and ^tmy bones waste away.
11 Because of all my adversaries I have become ^ua reproach,
especially to my ^vneighbors,
and an object of dread to my acquaintances;
those who see me in the street ^wflee from me.

Psalms 38:18

18 I ^xconfess my iniquity;
I am ^ysorry for my sin.

Psalms 51:1

Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when ^zNathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

1 ^aaHave mercy on me, ^{▼▼Or Be gracious to me} O God,
according to your steadfast love;
according to your ^acabundant mercy
^adblot out my transgressions.

Psalms 126:5-6

5 ^aeThose who sow in tears
shall reap with shouts of joy!
6 He who goes out weeping,
bearing the seed for sowing,
shall come home with shouts of joy,
bringing his sheaves with him.

2 Corinthians 7:10

10 For ^afgodly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas ^agworldly grief produces death.