Quotes about Adversity
I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.
— Psalm 119:75
Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.
— Psalm 119:83
How many days must Your servant wait? When will You execute judgment on my persecutors?
— Psalm 119:84
They almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken Your precepts.
— Psalm 119:87
The wicked wait to destroy me, but I will ponder Your testimonies.
— Psalm 119:95
I have done what is just and right; do not leave me to my oppressors.
— Psalm 119:121
I am lowly and despised, but I do not forget Your precepts.
— Psalm 119:141
Though my persecutors and foes are many, I have not turned from Your testimonies.
— Psalm 119:157
if the LORD had not been on our side when men attacked us,
— Psalm 124:2
when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,
— Psalm 124:3
many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me.
— Psalm 129:2
The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.
— Psalm 129:3