Bible Verses About Afflictions and Adversities

then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me.

Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.

How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?

Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.

God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.

“As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice— the Almighty, who has embittered my soul—

I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.

Because God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me, they have cast off restraint in my presence.

if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak,

if his heart has not blessed me for warming him with the fleece of my sheep,

if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,

then may my arm fall from my shoulder and be torn from its socket.

But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation,

But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night,

The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.

Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.

My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?

I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.

Then my head will be held high above my enemies around me. At His tabernacle I will offer sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to the LORD.

For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.

I will be glad and rejoice in Your loving devotion, for You have seen my affliction; You have known the anguish of my soul.

I sought the LORD, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.