Bible Verses About Hopelessness

In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.

In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord. My hand was stretched out in the night, and didn’t get tired. My soul refused to be comforted.

Psalms 77:2

I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.

I remember God, and I groan. I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. Selah.

Psalms 77:3

For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol.

Psalms 88:3

I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.

I cried to you, Yahweh. I said, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”

Psalms 142:5

Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

Why do you hide your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?

Psalms 44:24

Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies’ sake.

Rise up to help us. Redeem us for your loving kindness’ sake.

Psalms 44:26

But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.

But Zion said, “Yahweh has forsaken me, and the Lord has forgotten me.”

Isaiah 49:14

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,” says Yahweh, “thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

Jeremiah 29:11

And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:

I said, “My strength has perished, along with my expectation from Yahweh.”

Lamentations 3:18

Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.

Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost. We are completely cut off.’

Ezekiel 37:11

That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

that you were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

Ephesians 2:12

But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.

But I trust in your loving kindness. My heart rejoices in your salvation.

Psalms 13:5

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.

Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him for the saving help of his presence.

Psalms 42:5

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him: my Savior, my helper, and my God.

Psalms 43:5

For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.

As for me, I said in my haste, “I am cut off from before your eyes.” Nevertheless you heard the voice of my petitions when I cried to you.

Psalms 31:22