Quotes about Adversity
Let not the foot of the proud come against me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.
- Psalm 36:11
My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.
- Psalm 38:10
For I said, “Let them not gloat over me—those who taunt me when my foot slips.”
- Psalm 38:16
Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
- Psalm 38:20
May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
- Psalm 40:14
All who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me:
- Psalm 41:7
You have made us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have plundered us.
- Psalm 44:10
You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.
- Psalm 44:13
All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant.
- Psalm 44:17
For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.
- Psalm 44:25
Why should I fear in times of trouble, when wicked usurpers surround me?
- Psalm 49:5
For strangers rise up against me, and ruthless men seek my life—men with no regard for God. Selah
- Psalm 54:3