For my sins overwhelm me; ¹  like a heavy load, they are too much for me to bear.

A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but vexation ¹  by a fool is more burdensome ²  than the two of them.

I am not able to bear this entire people alone, ¹  because it ²  is too heavy for me!

Therefore no fear of me should terrify you, nor should my pressure ¹  be heavy on you. ² 

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

“Your father made us work too hard. ¹  Now if you lighten the demands he made and don’t make us work as hard, we will serve you.” ² 

He came again and found them sleeping; they could not keep their eyes open. ¹ 

“Your father made us work too hard! ¹  Now if you lighten the demands he made and don’t make us work as hard, we will serve you.” ² 

You will surely wear out, ¹  both you and these people who are with you, for this is too ²  heavy a burden ³  for you; you are not able to do it by yourself.

My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. ¹  My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.’” ² 

My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. ¹  My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.’” ² 

For day and night you tormented me; ¹  you tried to destroy me ²  in the intense heat ³  of summer. ⁴  (Selah)

Like one who takes off a garment on a cold day, ¹  or like vinegar poured on soda, ²  so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart. ³ 

They ¹  tie up heavy loads, hard to carry, and put them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing even to lift a finger to move them.

“Even today my complaint is still bitter; ¹  his ²  hand is heavy despite ³  my groaning.

The Lord attacked ¹  the residents of Ashdod severely, bringing devastation on them. He struck the people of ²  both Ashdod and the surrounding area with sores. ³ 

ג (Gimel) He has walled me in ¹  so that I cannot get out; he has weighted me down with heavy prison chains. ² 

When he came again he found them sleeping; they could not keep their eyes open. ¹  And they did not know what to tell him.

Even in laughter the heart may ache, ¹  and the end ²  of joy may be ³  grief.

You must not have in your bag different stone weights, ¹  a heavy and a light one. ²