Quotes About Struggle

But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and a rock is dislodged from its place,

A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.

He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.

Distress and anguish terrify him, overwhelming him like a king poised to attack.

Then Job answered:

Even if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I hold back, how will it go away?

You have bound me, and it has become a witness; my frailty rises up and testifies against me.

His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.

They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.

God has delivered me to unjust men; He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked.

I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target;

His archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and spills my gall on the ground.

He breaks me with wound upon wound; He rushes me like a mighty warrior.

Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.

He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.

They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness.

where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me?

His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.

For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.

A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.

Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.

His strength is depleted, and calamity is ready at his side.

If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my disgrace against me,

He tears me down on every side until I am gone; He uproots my hope like a tree.