Afflictions and Adversities: Despondency In
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Job 4:5
But now trouble has come upon you, and you are weary. It strikes you, and you are dismayed.
Job 9:16–35
If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice. / For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause. / He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.
Psalm 22:1, 2
For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Doe of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning? / I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.
Proverbs 24:10
If you faint in the day of distress, how small is your strength!
Lamentations 3:39
Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins?
Matthew 27:46
About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
Mark 15:34
At the ninth hour, Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
Luke 18:1
Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart: