Quotes About Vulnerability

His flesh wastes away from sight, and his hidden bones protrude.

They die in their youth, among the male shrine prostitutes.

She forgets that a foot may crush them, or a wild animal may trample them.

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

or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.

In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.

He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.

He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.

They are crushed and beaten down; the hapless fall prey to his strength.

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

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.

I can count all my bones; they stare and gloat over me.

For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.

O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.

My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.

For I said, “Let them not gloat over me—those who taunt me when my foot slips.”

For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.

All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face,

For the choirmaster. To the tune of “A Dove on Distant Oaks.” A Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.

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

They will fall to the power of the sword; they will become a portion for foxes.

ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear.

You know my reproach, my shame and disgrace. All my adversaries are before You.

Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails.