Quotes about Adversity
For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.
— Psalm 31:13
My times are in Your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me.
— Psalm 31:15
But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.
— Psalm 35:15
Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God, and do not let them gloat over me.
— Psalm 35:24
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