Quotes about Suffering
Would I lie about my case? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’
— Job 34:6
What man is like Job, who drinks up derision like water?
— Job 34:7
Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.
— Job 35:9
There they cry out, but He does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.
— Job 35:12
And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction,
— Job 36:8
Can your wealth or all your mighty effort keep you from distress?
— Job 36:19
Then Job replied to the LORD:
— Job 42:1
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