'Suffering' in the Bible

He named the second child Ephraim, saying, "Certainly God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering."

surely you would not want to wait until they were old enough to marry! Surely you would not remain unmarried all that time! No, my daughters, you must not return with me. For my intense suffering is too much for you to bear. For the Lord is afflicting me!"

She made a vow saying, "O Lord of hosts, if you will look with compassion on the suffering of your female servant, remembering me and not forgetting your servant, and give a male child to your servant, then I will dedicate him to the Lord all the days of his life. His hair will never be cut."

The Lord saw Israel's intense suffering; everyone was weak and incapacitated and Israel had no deliverer.

"And now my soul pours itself out within me; days of suffering take hold of me.

He delivers the afflicted by their afflictions, he reveals himself to them by their suffering.

My eyes grow dim from suffering; they grow weak because of all my enemies.

You have taken notice, for you always see one who inflicts pain and suffering. The unfortunate victim entrusts his cause to you; you deliver the fatherless.

For he did not despise or detest the suffering of the oppressed; he did not ignore him; when he cried out to him, he responded.

Deliver me from my distress; rescue me from my suffering!

See my pain and suffering! Forgive all my sins!

Have mercy on me, for I am in distress! My eyes grow dim from suffering. I have lost my strength.

Because of all my enemies, people disdain me; my neighbors are appalled by my suffering -- those who know me are horrified by my condition; those who see me in the street run away from me.

For they harass the one whom you discipline; they spread the news about the suffering of those whom you punish.

I am oppressed and suffering! O God, deliver and protect me!

Defend the cause of the poor and the fatherless! Vindicate the oppressed and suffering!

Turn back toward us, O Lord! How long must this suffering last? Have pity on your servants!

So he used suffering to humble them; they stumbled and no one helped them up.

As for their enemies, they decreased in number and were beaten down, because of painful distress and suffering.

I am suffering terribly. O Lord, revive me with your word!

When the Lord gives you relief from your suffering and anxiety, and from the hard labor which you were made to perform,

The sovereign master will give you distress to eat and suffering to drink; but your teachers will no longer be hidden; your eyes will see them.

those whom the Lord has ransomed will return that way. They will enter Zion with a happy shout. Unending joy will crown them, happiness and joy will overwhelm them; grief and suffering will disappear.

Those whom the Lord has ransomed will return; they will enter Zion with a happy shout. Unending joy will crown them, happiness and joy will overwhelm them; grief and suffering will disappear.

So then, listen to what I, the Lord God of Israel who rules over all, say. 'I will make these people eat the bitter food of suffering and drink the poison water of judgment.

Lord, grant me relief from my suffering so that I may have some relief. Rescue me from those who persecute me so that I may be rescued.

So then I, the Lord who rules over all, have something to say concerning the prophets of Jerusalem: 'I will make these prophets eat the bitter food of suffering and drink the poison water of judgment. For the prophets of Jerusalem are the reason that ungodliness has spread throughout the land.'"

You have said, "I feel so hopeless! For the Lord has added sorrow to my suffering. I am worn out from groaning. I can't find any rest."'"

(Tsade) The Lord is right to judge me! Yes, I rebelled against his commands. Please listen, all you nations, and look at my suffering! My young women and men have gone into exile.

What my eyes see grieves me -- all the suffering of the daughters in my city.

Listen to the cattle groan! The herds of livestock wander around in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.