Sadness & Loss
📖 Tears beside Psalms 40:1
When tears is loud, Psalms 40:1 is a sentence you can borrow. “I waited patiently for Yahweh. He turned to me, and heard my cry.” The other two verses on this page stay with the same need.
Tears
“I waited patiently for Yahweh. He turned to me, and heard my cry.”
Psalms 40:1 · World English Bible
Yahweh said,…
“Yahweh said, “Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,”
Genesis 18:20 · World English Bible
for we will…
“for we will destroy this place, because the outcry against them has grown so great before Yahweh that Yahweh has sent us to destroy it.””
Genesis 19:13 · World English Bible
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Say it
Practice Psalms 40:1
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
IpatientlyforHetome,andheardmycry.
Pray together
Lord, this is a tears night. Keep Psalms 40:1 close enough to remember. Amen.
Two-minute challenge
Say Psalms 40:1 out loud once, then tell one person in the house what feeling it names.
Parent tip
If the feeling is bigger than a verse, stay in the room. Psalms 40:1 is a companion, not a fix-it line. The other two verses are for a second night if this one is enough.