Quotes about Suffering
Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.
— Psalm 69:12
You know my reproach, my shame and disgrace. All my adversaries are before You.
— Psalm 69:19
They poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst.
— Psalm 69:21
For they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded.
— Psalm 69:26
They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men.
— Psalm 73:5
For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning.
— Psalm 73:14
You have kept my eyes from closing; I am too troubled to speak.
— Psalm 77:4
They have given the corpses of Your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.
— Psalm 79:2
They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead.
— Psalm 79:3
May the groans of the captives reach You; by the strength of Your arm preserve those condemned to death.
— Psalm 79:11
You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.
— Psalm 80:5
I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.
— Psalm 88:4