Bible Verses About Afflictions and Adversities: Dispensation of God

For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:

As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;

Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.

When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:

There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.

Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins.

Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.

For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.

Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.

When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.

Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.

Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.

¶ But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.

Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.

Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.

All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.

Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.

Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.

The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.

¶ For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.

Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.

Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.