Quotes About Despair

“A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!”

My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”

O my God, my soul despairs within me. Therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan and the peaks of Hermon—even from Mount Mizar.

Like the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies.

You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.

But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness.

Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?

For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.

Fear and trembling grip me, and horror has overwhelmed me.

How far away I would flee! In the wilderness I would remain. Selah

Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a womanís stillborn child, may they never see the sun.

I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me.

I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.

Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.

Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.

Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.

They poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst.

May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.

saying, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.”

For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning.

Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.

A Maskil of Asaph. Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?

There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.