Bible Verses About Afflictions and Adversities

For Jehovah hearkeneth unto the needy, And His bound ones He hath not despised.

Because Thou hast showed me many and sad distresses, Thou turnest back--Thou revivest me, And from the depths of the earth, Thou turnest back--Thou bringest me up.

Consumed hath been my flesh and my heart, The rock of my heart and my portion is God to the age.

And the anger of God hath gone up against them, And He slayeth among their fat ones, And youths of Israel He caused to bend.

With all this they have sinned again, And have not believed in His wonders.

And He consumeth in vanity their days, And their years in trouble.

If He slew them, then they sought Him, And turned back, and sought God earnestly,

Thou hast put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in depths.

Upon me hath Thy fury lain, And with all Thy breakers Thou hast afflicted. Selah.

Over me hath Thy wrath passed, Thy terrors have cut me off,

And Thou, Thou hast cast off, and dost reject, Thou hast shown Thyself wroth With Thine anointed,

Hast rejected the covenant of Thy servant, Thou hast polluted to the earth his crown,

Thou hast broken down all his hedges, Thou hast made his fenced places a ruin.

Spoiled him have all passing by the way, He hath been a reproach to his neighbours,

Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries, Thou hast caused all his enemies to rejoice.

Also--Thou turnest back the sharpness of his sword, And hast not established him in battle,

Hast caused him to cease from his brightness, And his throne to the earth hast cast down.

Thou hast shortened the days of his youth, Hast covered him over with shame. Selah.

For we were consumed in Thine anger, And in Thy fury we have been troubled.

Cause us to rejoice according to the days Wherein Thou hast afflicted us, The years we have seen evil.

O the happiness of the man Whom Thou instructest, O Jah, And out of Thy law teachest him,

To give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is digged for the wicked.

Unless Jehovah were a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.

If I have said, `My foot hath slipped,' Thy kindness, O Jehovah, supporteth me.

In the abundance of my thoughts within me, Thy comforts delight my soul.