Quotes About Despair

so that he detests his bread, and his soul loathes his favorite food.

He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.

Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.

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

He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?

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

They cried for help, but there was no one to save them—to the LORD, but He did not answer.

For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Doe of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?

I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.

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

All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:

Be not far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.

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

My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.

For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.

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

Of David. To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.

I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind. I am like a broken vessel.

In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.

I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.

I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.

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

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