Why, LORD, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? Psalm 10:1

Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith. Hebrews 13:7

Rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed. 1 Peter 4:13

Those who disregard discipline despise themselves, but the one who heeds correction gains understanding. Proverbs 15:32

My eyes will flow unceasingly, without relief, until the LORD looks down from heaven and sees. Lamentations 3:49–50

For he does not willingly bring affliction or grief to anyone. Lamentations 3:33

It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD. Lamentations 3:26

My splendor is gone and all that I had hoped from the LORD. Lamentations 3:18

I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of the LORD’s wrath. Lamentations 3:1

Those I cared for and reared my enemy has destroyed. Lamentations 2:22

Your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can heal you? Lamentations 2:13

My eyes fail from weeping. Lamentations 2:11

The LORD determined to tear down the wall. Lamentations 2:8

Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. James 4:4

Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Psalm 51:11

The LORD is righteous, yet I rebelled against his command. Lamentations 1:18

Look, LORD, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed. Lamentations 1:9

The LORD has brought her grief because of her many sins. Lamentations 1:5

How deserted lies the city, once so full of people. Lamentations 1:1

My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life. Psalm 119:50