Quotes about Suffering
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
Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
— Psalm 35:13
For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.
— Psalm 38:2
There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.
— Psalm 38:3
For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.
— Psalm 38:4
For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body.
— Psalm 38:7