7 Bible Verses about Feelings Overwhelmed

([Psalm of David]) My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far away from my deliverance, so far away from the words of my moaning? My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer. I cry by night, but I find no rest. Yet you are holy, you who dwell seated on the praises of Israel.read more.
Our ancestors trusted you. They trusted, and you delivered them. They cried to you and were delivered. They trusted you and were never disappointed. Yet, I am a worm and not a man. I am scorned by humanity and despised by people. All who see me laugh at me. Insults pour from their mouths. They shake their heads and say: Put yourself in Jehovah's hands. Let Jehovah save him! Let God rescue him since he is pleased with him! You are the one who brought me out of the womb. You made me feel safe at my mother's breasts.

([Psalm of David]) Listen to my prayer, O God. Do not hide from my plea for favor. Pay attention to me, and answer me. My thoughts are restless. I am confused and distracted. This is because my enemy shouts at me and a wicked person persecutes me. They bring misery crashing down on me, and they attack me out of anger.read more.
My heart is in turmoil within me. The terrors of death have seized me. Fear and trembling have overcome me. Horror has overwhelmed me. I said: If only I had wings like a dove. I would fly away and find rest. I would run far away. I would stay in the desert. I would hurry to a place of refuge from the raging wind and storm. Confuse their language, O Jehovah, because I see violence and conflict in the city.

([Psalm of David]) Hear my cry, O God; listen to my prayer! In despair and far from home I call to you! Take me to the rock that is my safe refuge, for you are my protector, my strong tower (defense) against my enemies.

([Psalm of Asaph]) My cry goes to God! Indeed, I cry to God for help, and he listened to me. In the day of my trouble I sought Jehovah. My hand was stretched out in the night, and did not get tired. I refused to be comforted. I remember God, and I groan. I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed.read more.
You hold my eyelids open. I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

Hear my prayer, O Jehovah! And let my cry for help come to you. Do not hide your face from me in the day of my distress. Incline your ear to me. In the day when I call answer me quickly. My days have been consumed in smoke, and my bones have been scorched like a hearth.read more.
My heart has been stricken like grass and has withered away. In fact I forget to eat my bread. Because of the loudness of my groaning my bones cling to my flesh. I resemble a pelican of the wilderness. I have become like an owl of the waste places. I lie awake, I have become like a lonely bird on a housetop. All day long my enemies have reproached me. Those who deride me used my name as a curse. For I have eaten ashes like bread and mingled my drink with weeping. This is because of your indignation and your anger. You have lifted me up and cast me away.

([David's Prayer]) I cry loudly to Jehovah. Loudly, I plead with Jehovah for mercy. I pour out my complaints in his presence and tell him my troubles. When I begin to lose hope, you already know what I am experiencing. My enemies have hidden a trap for me on the path where I walk.read more.
Look to my right and see that no one notices me. Escape is impossible for me. No one cares about me. I call out to you, O Jehovah. I say: You are my refuge, my own inheritance in this world of the living. Pay attention to my cry for help! I am very weak. Rescue me from those who pursue me because they are too strong for me. Release me from prison so that I may praise your name. Righteous people will surround me because you are good to me.

([Psalm of David]) Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, Give ear to my supplications! Answer me in your faithfulness. Answer me in your righteousness! Do not enter into judgment with your servant, for in your sight no man living is righteous. For the enemy has persecuted me. He has crushed my life to the ground. He has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have long been dead.read more.
Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me. My heart is devastated within me. I remember the days of old. I meditate (think deeply) (intensely study) on all your activities. I muse on the work of your hands. I stretch out my hands to you for I long for you, like a parched land. Answer me quickly, O Jehovah for my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me or I will become like those who go down to the pit. Let me hear your loving kindness in the morning. For I trust in you! Teach me the way in which I should walk for to you I am lifted up.