Quotes About Struggle

so that they lived on the slopes of the wadis, among the rocks and in holes in the ground.

They cried out among the shrubs and huddled beneath the nettles.

The rabble arises at my right; they lay snares for my feet and build siege ramps against me.

They tear up my path; they profit from my destruction, with no one to restrain them.

They advance as through a wide breach; through the ruins they keep rolling in.

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.

With great force He grasps my garment; He seizes me by the collar of my tunic.

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

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.

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.

Behold, my belly is like unvented wine; it is about to burst like a new wineskin.

Yet God finds occasions against me; He counts me as His enemy.

For Job has declared, ëI am righteous, yet God has deprived me of justice.

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

And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction,

Can your wealth or all your mighty effort keep you from distress?

Surely hope of overcoming him is false. Is not the sight of him overwhelming?

Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

A Psalm of David, when he fled from his son Absalom. O LORD, how my foes have increased! How many rise up against me!