9 Bible Verses About Despair
9 Bible verses about Despair to read, reflect on, and commit to memory.
Why are you bent so low, my soul? Why this unrest inside me? Wait for God in hope; I will give him thanks again, the one who saves me, my God.
In every way we are under pressure, but not cornered; we are at a loss, but not utterly at a loss; we are hunted, but not deserted; we are thrown down, but not destroyed.
The LORD stays close to those whose hearts are broken, and rescues those whose spirits are crushed.
Yet I bring this back to mind, and because of it I will wait in hope: It is by the LORD’s loyal love that we have not been wiped out, for his mercies have not failed. They are new each morning; how great is your faithfulness!
I waited and kept on waiting for the LORD, and he bent down toward me and listened to my cry for help. He drew me up from the roaring pit, out of the clinging mud; he planted my feet on a rock and steadied my steps.
Had I not believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD while still among the living, where would I be? Keep waiting for the LORD. Stand firm and be brave in heart. Yes, wait for the LORD.
For I am fully persuaded that not death and not life, not angels and not rulers, not what is here now and not what is yet to come, not any powers, not what is high above and not what is deep below, nor any other created thing, will be able to cut us off from God’s love, which is ours in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Though body and heart wear out, God is the rock my heart rests on and the share that is mine forever.
Do not gloat over me, my enemy! I have fallen, but I will rise. Though I sit in darkness, the LORD is my light.