Quotes About Sorrow

My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me.

My harp is tuned to mourning and my flute to the sound of weeping.

if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,

Therefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes.”

For the choirmaster, to be accompanied by flutes. A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O LORD; consider my groaning.

I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.

My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes.

Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard my weeping.

How long must I wrestle in my soul, with sorrow in my heart each day? How long will my enemy dominate me?

Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well.

Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but loving devotion surrounds him who trusts in the LORD.

Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.

I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother.

I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.

I was speechless and still; I remained silent, even from speaking good, and my sorrow was stirred.

Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

I say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemyís oppression?”

For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemyís oppression?

Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.

I wept and fasted, but it brought me reproach.

I made sackcloth my clothing, and I was sport to them.

They poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst.

May those who say, “Aha, aha!” retreat because of their shame.

For the choirmaster. According to Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph. I cried out to God; I cried aloud to God to hear me.