Quotes About Rejection

They abhor me and keep far from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.

But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.

All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:

Though my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will receive me.

Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends—they flee when they see me on the street.

My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.

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

But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies.

Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.

For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.

For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lily of the Covenant.” A Miktam of David for instruction. When he fought Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned and struck down 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. You have rejected us, O God; You have broken us; You have been angry; restore us!

Have You not rejected us, O God? Will You no longer march out, O God, with our armies?

Blessed be God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld from me His loving devotion!

I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my motherís sons,

Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.

Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.

A Maskil of Asaph. Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?

On hearing it, God was furious and rejected Israel completely.

He rejected the tent of Joseph and refused the tribe of Ephraim.

Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that refuse to call on Your name,

But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.

You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.

Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?

Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.