'Despair' in the Bible
When disaster brings sudden death,He mocks the despair of the innocent.
Insults have broken my heart,and I am in despair.I waited for sympathy,but there was none;for comforters, but found no one.
The wicked man will see it and be angry;he will gnash his teeth in despair.The desire of the wicked man will come to nothing.
So I began to give myself over to despair concerning all my work that I had labored at under the sun.
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 Lordto glorify Him.
If they fast, I will not hear their cry of despair. If they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. Rather, I will finish them off by sword, famine, and plague.”
We are pressured in every way but not crushed; we are perplexed but not in despair;