Which book of the Bible contains 'the cry of the human heart'?

Answer 1

The idea of the human heart 'crying' can be seen in The Bible at Lamentations 2:18:

• "Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease." -(KJV)

More verses expressing similar ideas:

• "My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zo-ar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Lu-hith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horo-naim they shall raise up a cry of destruction." -Isaiah 15:5 (KJV)

• "Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit" -Isaiah 65:14 (KJV)

• ""My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God" -Psalm 84:2 (KJV)

• ""Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart." -Nehemiah 2:2 (KJV)

• "... that I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart." Romans 9:2 (KJV)