136 My eyes [a]shed (A)streams of water,
Because they (B)do not keep Your Law.

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  1. Psalm 119:136 Lit run down

136 Streams of tears(A) flow from my eyes,
    for your law is not obeyed.(B)

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Grief over Zion

[a](A)Oh, that my head were waters
And my eyes a fountain of tears,
That I might weep day and night
For those slain of the (B)daughter of my people!

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  1. Jeremiah 9:1 Ch 8:23 in Heb

[a]Oh, that my head were a spring of water
    and my eyes a fountain of tears!(A)
I would weep(B) day and night
    for the slain of my people.(C)

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  1. Jeremiah 9:1 In Hebrew texts 9:1 is numbered 8:23, and 9:2-26 is numbered 9:1-25.

18 Have them hurry and take up a wailing for us,
So that our (A)eyes may shed tears,
And our eyelids flow with water.

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18 Let them come quickly
    and wail over us
till our eyes overflow with tears
    and water streams from our eyelids.(A)

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16 For these things I (A)weep;
[a]My eyes run down with water;
Because far from me is a (B)comforter,
One to restore my soul.
My children are desolate
Because the enemy has prevailed.”

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  1. Lamentations 1:16 Lit My eye, my eye

16 “This is why I weep
    and my eyes overflow with tears.(A)
No one is near to comfort(B) me,
    no one to restore my spirit.
My children are destitute
    because the enemy has prevailed.”(C)

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11 My (A)eyes fail because of tears,
My [a](B)spirit is greatly troubled;
My [b](C)heart is poured out on the earth
(D)Because of the [c]destruction of the daughter of my people,
When (E)little ones and infants languish
In the streets of the city.

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  1. Lamentations 2:11 Lit inward parts are in ferment
  2. Lamentations 2:11 Lit liver
  3. Lamentations 2:11 Lit breaking

11 My eyes fail from weeping,(A)
    I am in torment within(B);
my heart(C) is poured out(D) on the ground
    because my people are destroyed,(E)
because children and infants faint(F)
    in the streets of the city.

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18 Their (A)heart cried out to the Lord:
“You (B)wall of the daughter of Zion,
Let your (C)tears stream down like a river day and night;
Give yourself no relief,
Let [a]your eyes have no rest.

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  1. Lamentations 2:18 Lit the daughter of your eye

18 The hearts of the people
    cry out to the Lord.(A)
You walls of Daughter Zion,(B)
    let your tears(C) flow like a river
    day and night;(D)
give yourself no relief,
    your eyes no rest.(E)

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