Bible Verses About Despondency

Who long for death, but it cometh not, And dig for it more than for hid treasures;

Who rejoice exceedingly, And are glad, when they can find the grave?

Why is light givento a man whose way is hid, And whom God hath hedged in?

For my sighing cometh before I eat, And my groanings are poured out like water.

For the thing which I fear cometh upon me, And that which I am afraid of cometh unto me.

I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither have I rest; But trouble cometh.

If I look for Sheol as my house; If I have spread my couch in the darkness;

If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, Thou artmy mother, and my sister;

Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?

It shall go down to the bars of Sheol, When once there is rest in the dust.

Will the Lord cast off for ever? And will he be favorable no more?

Is his lovingkindness clean gone for ever? Doth his promise fail for evermore?

Hath God forgotten to be gracious? Hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? [Selah

I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.

He hath led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.

Surely against me he turneth his hand again and again all the day.

My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.

He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.

He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.

He hath walled me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy.

Yea, when I cry, and call for help, he shutteth out my prayer.

He hath walled up my ways with hewn stone; he hath made my paths crooked.

He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.

He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.

He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.