Nehemia 1:4

1:4 When I heard these things I sat down abruptly, ¹  crying and mourning for several days. I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

Mazmur 119:136

119:136 Tears stream down from my eyes, ² 

because people ³  do not keep your law.

Daniel 10:2

10:2 In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for three whole weeks. ⁴ 

[1:4]  ¹ tn Heb “sat down.” Context suggests that this was a rather sudden action, resulting from the emotional shock of the unpleasant news, so “abruptly” has been supplied in the present translation.

[119:136]  ² tn Heb “[with] flowing streams my eyes go down.”

[119:136]  ³ tn Heb “they”; even though somewhat generic, the referent (people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “three weeks of days.” The inclusion of “days” here and in v. 3 is perhaps intended to call attention to the fact that these weeks are very different in nature from those of chap. 9, which are “weeks of years.”