Quotes About Resilience

though their waters roar and foam and the mountains quake in the surge. Selah

God is within her; she will not be moved. God will help her when morning dawns.

But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.

My enemies pursue me all day long, for many proudly assail me.

All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are on my demise.

in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

How long will you threaten a man? Will all of you throw him down like a leaning wall or a tottering fence?

You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but You brought us into abundance.

Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me—my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.

Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.

They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely.” They burned down every place where God met us in the land.

Do not disregard the clamor of Your adversaries, the uproar of Your enemies that ascends continually.

They have given the corpses of Your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.

You make us contend with our neighbors; our enemies mock us.

As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; even the autumn rain covers it with pools.

I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.

Though a thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, no harm will come near you.

You will tread on the lion and cobra; you will trample the young lion and serpent.

The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,

For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.

They bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons,