Quotes about Struggle
A song of ascents. Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth—let Israel now declare—
— Psalm 129:1
The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.
— Psalm 129:3
unable to fill the hands of the reaper, or the arms of the binder of sheaves.
— Psalm 129:7
A song of ascents. O LORD, remember on behalf of David all the hardships he endured,
— Psalm 132:1
How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?
— Psalm 137:4
I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them as my enemies.
— Psalm 139:22
As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
— Psalm 141:7
Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.
— Psalm 142:3
Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.
— Psalm 142:6
For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead.
— Psalm 143:3
My spirit grows faint within me; my heart is dismayed inside me.
— Psalm 143:4
All the days of the oppressed are bad, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.
— Proverbs 15:15