Quotes about Adversity
See how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD.
— Psalm 59:3
You have shown Your people hardship; we are staggered from the wine You made us drink.
— Psalm 60:3
You led us into the net; You laid burdens on our backs.
— Psalm 66:11
I wept and fasted, but it brought me reproach.
— Psalm 69:10
But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled; my steps had nearly slipped.
— Psalm 73:2
They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men.
— Psalm 73:5
Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
— Psalm 73:18
How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?
— Psalm 74:10
All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side.
— Psalm 88:17
You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle.
— Psalm 89:43
All day long my enemies taunt me; they ridicule me and curse me.
— Psalm 102:8
He has broken my strength on the way; He has cut short my days.
— Psalm 102:23