45 Bible Verses about Despair

We are pressured in every way but not crushed; we are perplexed but not in despair;

He brought me up from a desolate pit,
out of the muddy clay,
and set my feet on a rock,
making my steps secure.

For we don’t want you to be unaware, brothers, of our affliction that took place in Asia: we were completely overwhelmed—beyond our strength—so that we even despaired of life.

we are persecuted but not abandoned; we are struck down but not destroyed.

Do you think that you can disprove my words
or that a despairing man’s words are mere wind?

I am certain that I will see the Lord’s goodness
in the land of the living.

As a result, you should instead forgive and comfort him. Otherwise, this one may be overwhelmed by excessive grief.

So I began to give myself over to despair concerning all my work that I had labored at under the sun.

Indeed, we personally had a death sentence within ourselves, so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead.

From my youth,
I have been afflicted and near death.
I suffer Your horrors; I am desperate.

Why am I so depressed?
Why this turmoil within me?
Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him,
my Savior and my God.

But I have not run away from being Your shepherd,
and I have not longed for the fatal day.
You know my words were spoken in Your presence.

A despairing man should receive loyalty from his friends,
even if he abandons the fear of the Almighty.

Why am I so depressed?
Why this turmoil within me?
Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him,
my Savior and my God.

to provide for those who mourn in Zion;
to give them a crown of beauty instead of ashes,
festive oil instead of mourning,
and splendid clothes instead of despair.
And they will be called righteous trees,
planted by the Lord
to glorify Him.

He has delivered us from such a terrible death, and He will deliver us. We have put our hope in Him that He will deliver us again

Why am I so depressed?
Why this turmoil within me?
Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him,
my Savior and my God.

Then He said to me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of bread in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight and in dread drink water by measure.

Nevertheless, the gloom of the distressed land will not be like that of the former times when He humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali. But in the future He will bring honor to the Way of the Sea, to the land east of the Jordan, and to Galilee of the nations.

When disaster brings sudden death,
He mocks the despair of the innocent.

A song of ascents.Out of the depths I call to You, Yahweh!

Insults have broken my heart,
and I am in despair.
I waited for sympathy,
but there was none;
for comforters, but found no one.

I called to the Lord in my distress,
and I cried to my God for help.
From His temple He heard my voice,
and my cry to Him reached His ears.

Wait for the Lord;
be strong and courageous.
Wait for the Lord.

I call to You from the ends of the earth
when my heart is without strength.
Lead me to a rock that is high above me,

For a day is near;
a day belonging to the Lord is near.
It will be a day of clouds,
a time of doom for the nations.

Those who work with flax will be dismayed;
the combers and weavers will turn pale.

As she was dying, the women taking care of her said, “Don’t be afraid. You’ve given birth to a son!” But she did not respond or pay attention.

If you do nothing in a difficult time,
your strength is limited.

Discipline your son while there is hope;
don’t be intent on killing him.

For this is our confidence: The testimony of our conscience is that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you, with God-given sincerity and purity, not by fleshly wisdom but by God’s grace.

Justice executed is a joy to the righteous
but a terror to those who practice iniquity.

There I will give her vineyards back to her
and make the Valley of Achor
into a gateway of hope.
There she will respond as she did
in the days of her youth,
as in the day she came out of the land of Egypt.

David said to himself, “One of these days I’ll be swept away by Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape immediately to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me everywhere in Israel, and I’ll escape from him.”

I am deeply depressed;
therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan
and the peaks of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.

Then I thought: My future is lost,
as well as my hope from the Lord.

For I will not accuse you forever,
and I will not always be angry;
for then the spirit would grow weak before Me,
even the breath of man, which I have made.

Then say to the people of the land: This is what the Lord God says about the residents of Jerusalem in the land of Israel: They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water in dread, for their land will be stripped of everything in it because of the violence of all who live there.

In my alarm I said,
“Everyone is a liar.”

Have you traveled to the sources of the sea
or walked in the depths of the oceans?

Listen to my cry,
for I am very weak.
Rescue me from those who pursue me,
for they are too strong for me.

You will find no peace among those nations, and there will be no resting place for the sole of your foot. There the Lord will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despondent spirit.

The great Day of the Lord is near,
near and rapidly approaching.
Listen, the Day of the Lord—
then the warrior’s cry is bitter.