Quotes About Struggle

Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.

I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.

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

then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah

Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.

Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble?

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

How long must I wrestle in my soul, with sorrow in my heart each day? How long will my enemy dominate me?

lest my enemy say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes rejoice when I fall.

from the wicked who assail me, from my mortal enemies who surround me.

They have tracked us down, and now surround us; their eyes are set to cast us to the ground,

The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.

The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.

Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.

They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul.

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

Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of wild dogs.

Consider my enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with vicious hatred.

Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers; say to my soul: “I am your salvation.”

But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.

Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.

How long, O Lord, will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.

Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God, and do not let them gloat over me.

Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”