lament

expression of grief A lament or lamentation is a passionate expression of grief, often in music, poetry, or song form. The grief is most often born of regret, or mourning.

Lament. The “lament” progression is so named because in early classical music, this chord progression (almost always in minor) was used as the ground bass for songs of lament. Examples include “Dido's Lament” by Henry Purcell, from the opera Dido and Aeneas, and J.S. Bach's “Crucifixus,” from his Mass in B Minor.

lament, a nonnarrative poem expressing deep grief or sorrow over a personal loss. The form developed as part of the oral tradition along with heroic poetry and exists in most languages.

/ləˈment/ us. /ləˈment/ a song, poem, or other piece of writing that expresses sadness about someone's death: The whole play can be interpreted as a lament for lost youth.

A dirge (Latin: dirige, naenia) is a somber song or lament expressing mourning or grief, such as would be appropriate for performance at a funeral.

These four elements (turning, complaining, asking, and trusting) serve as the basic ingredients of lament. Since biblical laments are poems set to music, they don't always include every element. But this framework provides the structure for talking to God and praying together about the brokenness of the world.

Confidence in God's trustworthiness is the destination of all laments. These four elements (turning, complaining, asking, and trusting) serve as the basic ingredients of lament. Since biblical laments are poems set to music, they don't always include every element.

There are two different types of lament Psalms. There are the individual laments like Psalm 6 this morning, and then there are the communal or community type laments. These are where the worshiping community corporately approaches God for deliverance from a shared predicament.

Vincent Millay's “Lament” first appeared in print in 1921 in her collection Second April (1921). The poem portrays a widow's explanation to her children about their father's death. The speaker does not seem in despair, and instead is trying to help her children come to terms with their father's death.

Laments encourage us to face our individual and communal pain and demonstrate that the first and best response to pain and suffering is to bring it before God. Laments help wrestle with suffering when we are relatively or totally blameless.