Grief and Lament in the Bible

11Then David took hold on his clothes, and tore them; and likewise all the men who were with him:

12and they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Yahweh, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.

17David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son

18(and he bade them teach the children of Judah [the song of] the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jashar):

19Your glory, Israel, is slain on your high places! How are the mighty fallen!

20Don`t tell it in Gath, Don`t publish it in the streets of Ashkelon; Lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, Lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.

21You mountains of Gilboa, Let there be no dew nor rain on you, neither fields of offerings: For there the shield of the mighty was vilely cast away, The shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.

22From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, The bow of Jonathan didn`t turn back, The sword of Saul didn`t return empty.

23Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, In their death they were not divided: They were swifter than eagles, They were stronger than lions.

24You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, Who clothed you in scarlet delicately, Who put ornaments of gold on your clothing.

25How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! Jonathan is slain on your high places.

26I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan: Very pleasant have you been to me: Your love to me was wonderful, Passing the love of women.

27How are the mighty fallen, The weapons of war perished!

26When the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she made lamentation for her husband.

16David therefore begged God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the earth.

19But when David saw that his servants were whispering together, David perceived that the child was dead; and David said to his servants, Is the child dead? They said, He is dead.

20Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his clothing; and he came into the house of Yahweh, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he ate.

19Tamar put ashes on her head, and tore her garment of various colors that was on her; and she laid her hand on her head, and went her way, crying aloud as she went.

31David said to Joab, and to all the people who were with him, Tear your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. King David followed the bier.

32They buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.

33The king lamented for Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dies?

34Your hands were not bound, nor your feet put into fetters: As a man falls before the children of iniquity, so did you fall. All the people wept again over him.

35All the people came to cause David to eat bread while it was yet day; but David swore, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or anything else, until the sun be down.

11Be confounded, you farmers! Wail, you vineyard keepers; For the wheat and for the barley; For the harvest of the field has perished.

12The vine has dried up, and the fig tree withered; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, Even all of the trees of the field are withered; For joy has withered away from the sons of men.

13Put on sackcloth and mourn, you priests! Wail, you ministers of the altar. Come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God, For the meal offering and the drink offering are withheld from your God`s house.

15Alas for the day! For the day of Yahweh is at hand, And it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

8Mourn like a virgin dressed in sackcloth for the husband of her youth!

12"Yet even now," says Yahweh, "turn to me with all your heart, And with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning."

1How does the city sit solitary, that was full of people! She has become as a widow, who was great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces is become tributary!

16For these things I weep; my eye, my eye runs down with water; Because the comforter who should refresh my soul is far from me: My children are desolate, because the enemy has prevailed.

2She weeps sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks; Among all her lovers she has none to comfort her: All her friends have dealt treacherously with her; they are become her enemies.

11My eyes do fail with tears, my heart is troubled; My liver is poured on the earth, because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, Because the young children and the infants swoon in the streets of the city.

19Remember my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.

48My eye runs down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

15The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.

17For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim;