“I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop.”

— Psalms 102:7

“I said, "Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then I would fly away, and be at rest.”

— Psalms 55:6

“"Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.”

— Matthew 5:11

“Why do you stand far off, Yahweh? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?”

— Psalms 10:1

“I am forgotten from their hearts like a dead man. I am like broken pottery.”

— Psalms 31:12