Quotes about Sorrow

and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’

When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and cloak, pulled out some hair from my head and beard, and sat down in horror.

When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

When Mordecai learned of all that had happened, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, wailing loudly and bitterly.

as the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote that these were to be days of feasting and joy, of sending gifts to one another and to the poor.

While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,

If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above disregard it; may no light shine upon it.

For that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes.

“If only my grief could be weighed and placed with my calamity on the scales.

Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.

My face is red with weeping, and deep shadows ring my eyes;

My eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow.