How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and insulted him in the desert!

“How great are his signs! How mighty are his wonders! His kingdom will last forever, and his authority continues from one generation to the next.”

Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How long have you lived?”

How many are my iniquities and sins? Show me my transgression and my sin.

O Lord, how long are you going to just stand there and watch this? Rescue me from their destructive attacks; guard my life from the young lions!

How long must your servant endure this? When will you judge those who pursue me?

Will you never look away from me, will you not let me alone long enough to swallow my spittle?

“How often is the lamp of the wicked extinguished? How often does their misfortune come upon them? How often does God apportion pain to them in his anger?

Barzillai replied to the king, “How many days do I have left to my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?

The king said to him, “How many times must I make you solemnly promise in the name of the Lord to tell me only the truth?”

The king said to him, “How many times must I make you solemnly promise in the name of the Lord to tell me only the truth?”

I asked, “Where are you going?” He replied, “To measure Jerusalem in order to determine its width and its length.”

A psalm of David, written when he was in the Judean wilderness. O God, you are my God! I long for you! My soul thirsts for you, my flesh yearns for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.

by asking both the priests of the temple of the Lord who rules over all and the prophets, “Should we weep in the fifth month, fasting as we have done over the years?”