7 Bible Verses about Feelings Overwhelmed

My God, my God, why have thou forsaken me, far from helping me, [and] the words of my groaning? O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answer not, and in the night season, and I am not silent. But thou are holy, O thou who inhabit the praises of Israel.read more.
Our fathers trusted in thee. They trusted, and thou delivered them. They cried to thee, and were delivered. They trusted in thee, and were not put to shame. But I am a worm, and no man, a reproach of men, and despised by the people. All those who see me laugh me to scorn. They shoot out the lip. They shake the head, [saying], He trusted on LORD. Let him deliver him. Let him rescue him, since he delights in him. But thou are he who took me out of the womb. Thou made me trust upon my mother's breasts.

Give ear to my prayer, O God, and hide not thyself from my supplication. Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and moan, because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked. For they cast iniquity upon me, and in anger they persecute me.read more.
My heart is greatly pained within me, and the terrors of death have fallen upon me. Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me, and horror has overwhelmed me. And I said, O that I had wings like a dove! Then I would fly away, and be at rest. Lo, then I would wander far off. I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah. I would hasten myself to a shelter from the stormy wind and tempest. Destroy, O LORD, divide their tongue, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

Hear my cry, O God. Attend to my prayer. From the end of the earth I will call to thee when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I. For thou have been a refuge for me, a strong tower from the enemy.

I will cry to God with my voice, even to God with my voice, and he will give ear to me. In the day of my trouble I sought LORD. My hand was stretched out in the night, and slacked not. My soul refused to be comforted. I remember God, and am disquieted. I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. Selah.read more.
Thou have held my eyelids watching. I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come to thee. Hide not thy face from me in the day of my distress. Incline thine ear to me. In the day when I call answer me speedily. For my days consume away like smoke, and my bones are burned as a firebrand.read more.
My heart is smitten like grass, and withered, for I forget to eat my bread. Because of the voice of my groaning my bones cling to my flesh. I am like a pelican of the wilderness. I have become as an owl of the waste places. I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone upon the house-top. My enemies reproach me all the day. Those who are mad against me do curse by me. For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping, because of thine indignation and thy wrath. For thou have taken me up, and cast me away.

I cry with my voice to LORD. With my voice to LORD I make supplication. I pour out my complaint before him. I show my trouble before him. When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, thou knew my path. In the way in which I walk they have hidden a snare for me.read more.
Look on [my] right hand, and see, for there is no man who knows me. Refuge has failed me. No man cares for my soul. I cried to thee, O LORD. I said, Thou are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living. Attend to my cry, for I am brought very low. Deliver me from my persecutors, for they are stronger than I. Bring my soul out of prison that I may give thanks to thy name. The righteous shall encompass me around, for thou will deal bountifully with me.

Hear my prayer, O LORD. Give ear to my supplications. In thy faithfulness answer me, [and] in thy righteousness. And enter not into judgment with thy servant. For in thy sight no man living is righteous. For the enemy has persecuted my soul. He has smitten my life down to the ground. He has made me to dwell in dark places as those who have been long dead.read more.
Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me. My heart within me is desolate. I remember the days of old. I meditate on all thy doings. I muse on the work of thy hands. I spread forth my hands to thee. My soul [is] as a weary land for thee. Selah. Make haste to answer me, O LORD, my spirit fails. Hide not thy face from me, lest I become like those who go down into the pit. Cause me to hear thy loving kindness in the morning, for in thee do I trust. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to thee.