Quotes About Hope

Terrors are turned loose against me; they drive away my dignity as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed like a cloud.

And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction grip me.

Night pierces my bones, and my gnawing pains never rest.

He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes.

I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.

You have ruthlessly turned on me; You oppose me with Your strong hand.

You snatch me up into the wind and drive me before it; You toss me about in the storm.

Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.

But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.

I am churning within and cannot rest; days of affliction confront me.

I go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.

My skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever.

then let briers grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” Thus conclude the words of Job.

Surely no fear of me should terrify you; nor will my hand be heavy upon you.

He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches over all my paths.í

to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.

He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.

to be gracious to him and say, ëSpare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,í

then his flesh is refreshed like a childís; he returns to the days of his youth.

He prays to God and finds favor; he sees Godís face and shouts for joy, and God restores His righteousness to that man.

He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.í

to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.

Would I lie about my case? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.í

Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.