Quotes About Despair

Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like an infant who never sees daylight?

who long for death that does not come, and search for it like hidden treasure,

who rejoice and greatly exult when they can find the grave?

Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?

I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.

For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me.

I am not at ease or quiet; I have no rest, for trouble has come.”

For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.

that God would be willing to crush me, to unleash His hand and cut me off!

What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?

A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

They are confounded because they had hoped; their arrival brings disappointment.

For now you are of no help; you see terror, and you are afraid.

Do you intend to correct my words, and treat as wind my cry of despair?

So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed me.

My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.

Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.

When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,

so that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body.

I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.

If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.

For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.

He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.

Though I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.