Quotes about Suffering
So the LORD blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.
- Job 42:12
Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony.
- Psalm 6:2
They are crushed and beaten down; the hapless fall prey to his strength.
- Psalm 10:10
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?
- Psalm 22:1
But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.
- Psalm 22:6
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
- Psalm 22:14
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.
- Psalm 22:15
For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
- Psalm 22:16
I can count all my bones; they stare and gloat over me.
- Psalm 22:17
When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
- Psalm 32:3
For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
- Psalm 35:7
They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.
- Psalm 35:12