Quotes About Despair

“Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again?

So He ended their days in futility, and their years in sudden terror.

His priests fell by the sword, but their widows could not lament.

For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.

I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.

I am forsaken among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom You remember no more, who are cut off from Your care.

You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths.

Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me. Selah

You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.

My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.

But to You, O LORD, I cry for help; in the morning my prayer comes before You.

Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?

From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.

Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me.

All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side.

You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.

All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.

How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?

My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.

Through my loud groaning my flesh clings to my bones.

I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop.

For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears

because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside.

He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.