Quotes about Abandonment
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
Though my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will receive me.
- Psalm 27:10
But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies.
- Psalm 44:9
For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.
- Psalm 50:17
saying, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.”
- Psalm 71:11
He abandoned their cattle to the hail and their livestock to bolts of lightning.
- Psalm 78:48
He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent He had pitched among men.
- Psalm 78:60
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.
- Psalm 88:5
I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.
- Psalm 102:6
because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside.
- Psalm 102:10
The LORD will fulfill His purpose for me. O LORD, Your loving devotion endures forever—do not abandon the works of Your hands.
- Psalm 138:8
Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.
- Psalm 142:4