48 Bible Verses about Self Pity

and said unto them, "Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and ate bread our bellies' full; for ye have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole multitude for hunger."

And Pharaoh drew nigh, and when the children of Israel lift up their eyes and saw how the Egyptians followed after them, they were sore afraid and cried out unto the LORD. Then said they unto Moses, "Were there no graves for us in Egypt, but thou must bring us away for to die in the wilderness? Wherefore hast thou served us thus, for to carry us out of Egypt? Did not we tell thee this in Egypt saying, 'Let us be in rest and serve the Egyptians?' For it had been better for us to have served the Egyptians, than for to die in the wilderness."

There the people thirsted for water, and murmured against Moses and said, "Wherefore hast thou brought us out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?"

And the rascal people that was among them fell a lusting. And the children of Israel also went to, and wept, and said, "Who shall give us flesh to eat? We remember the fish which we should eat in Egypt for nought, and of the cucumbers and melons, leeks, onions and garlic. But now our souls are dried away, for our eyes look on nothing else, save upon Manna."

And the multitude cried out, and the people wept throughout that night, and all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron. And the whole congregation said unto them, "Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt, either we would that we had died in this wilderness. Wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land to fall upon the sword, that both our wives, and also our children should be a prey? Is it not better that we return unto Egypt again?"read more.
And they said, one to another, "Let us make a captain and return unto Egypt again."

Notwithstanding, ye would not consent to go up, but were disobedient unto the mouth of the LORD your God, and murmured in your tents and said, 'Because the LORD hateth us, therefore he hath brought us out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites and to destroy us. How shall we go up? Our brethren have discouraged our hearts, saying the people is greater and taller than we, and the cities are great and walled even up to heaven, and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.'

Neither murmur ye as some of them murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer. All these things happened upon them for examples, and were written to put us in remembrance, whom the ends of the world are come upon.

Job answered, and said, "Oh that my misery were weighed, and my punishment laid in the balances: For then should it be heavier than the sand of the sea. This is the cause, that my words are so sorrowful.read more.
For the arrows of the almighty are in me, whose indignation hath drunk up my spirit, and the terrible fears of God fight against me. Doth the wild ass roar when he hath grass? Or crieth the ox, when he hath fodder enough? That which is unsavory, shalt it be eaten without salt, or is there any taste in the white of an egg? The things that sometime I might not away withal, are now my meat for very sorrow. "O that I might have my desire! O that God would grant me the thing, that I long for! That he would begin and smite me: that he would let his hand go, and hew me down. Then should I have some comfort: yea, I would desire him in my pain, that he should not spare, for I will not be against the words of the holy one. What power have I to endure? Or, what is mine end, that my soul might be patient? Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh made of brass? Am I able to help my self? Is not my strength gone from me,

It grieveth my soul to live. Nevertheless, now will I put forth my words: I will speak out of the very heaviness of my soul,

After this, opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day, and said, "Let the day perish, wherein I was born, and the night in the which it was said, 'There is a man child conceived.'read more.
The same day be turned to darkness, and not regarded of God from above, neither let the light shine upon it: but let it be stained with darkness, and the shadow of death. Let the dim cloud fall upon it, and let it be lapped in with sorrow. Let the dark storm overcome that night; let it not be reckoned among the days of the year, nor counted in the months. Despised be that night, and discommended: let them that curse the day, give it their curse also, even those that be ready to raise vp Leviathan. Let the stars of that night be dim through darkness of it. Let it look for light, but let it see none, neither the raising up of the fair morning: because it shut not up the womb that bare me. For then should these sorrows have been hid from mine eyes. "Alas, why died I not in the birth? Why did not I perish, as soon as I came out of my mother's womb? Why set they me upon their knees? Why gave they me suck with their breasts? Then should I now have lain still; I should have slept, and been at rest, like as the kings and lords of the earth, which build themselves special places: As the princes that have great substance of gold, and their houses full of silver. O that I utterly had no being, or were as a thing born out of time that is put aside, either as young children, which never saw the light. There, must the wicked cease from their tyranny, there such as are overlaboured be at rest. There, are those let out free which have been in prison, so that they hear no more the voice of the oppressor. There, are small and great; the bondman, and he that is free from his master. "Wherefore is the light given to him that is in misery? And life unto them that have heavy hearts? Which long for death, if it come not; and search for it more than for treasure. Which also would be exceedingly glad, and rejoice if they found their grave. That should be joy to the man whose way is hid, which God keepeth back from him. For my sighs come before I eat, and my roarings fall out like flowing water. For the thing that I feared is come upon me: and the thing that I was afraid of, is happened unto me. Was I not happy? Had I not quietness? Was I not in rest? And now cometh such misery upon me!"

So Job answered, and said, "Then, no doubt, ye are the men alone; and wisdom shall perish with you. But I have understanding as well as ye, and am no less than ye. Yea who knoweth not these things?read more.
Thus, he that calleth upon God, and whom God heareth, is mocked of his neighbour; the godly and innocent man is laughed to scorn. Godliness is a light despised in the hearts of the rich, and is set for them to stumble upon. "The houses of robbers are in wealth and prosperity; and they that maliciously meddle against God, dwell without care: yea, God giveth all things richly with his hand.

"But what shall I do? For all my words, my sorrow will not cease: and though I hold my tongue, yet will it not depart from me. But now that God hath sent me adversity, thou hast troubled all my congregation. And that thou hast filled me with wrinkles, my flesh is witness; and my leanness riseth up against me and beareth witness thereof in my face.read more.
He is angry at me, he hateth me, and gnasheth upon me with his teeth. Mine enemy scowleth upon me with his eyes. They have opened their mouths wide upon me, and smitten me upon the cheek despitefully, they have eased themselves through mine adversity. God hath given me over to the ungodly, and delivered me into the hands of the wicked. I was some time in wealth, but suddenly hath he brought me to naught. He hath taken me by the neck, he hath rent me, and set me, as it were a mark for him to shoot at. His archers compass me round about; he hath wounded my loins, and not spared. My bowels hath he poured upon the ground. He hath given me one wound upon another, and is fallen upon me like a giant. I have sewed a sackcloth upon my skin, and lie with my strength in the dust. My face is swollen with weeping, and mine eyes are waxen dim. "Howbeit there is no wickedness in my hands, and my prayer is clean.

Now am I their song, and am become their jesting stock; they abhor me, they flee far from me, and stain my face with spittle, for the LORD hath opened his quiver: he hath hit me, and put a bridle in my mouth.read more.
Upon my right hand they rose together against me; they have hurt my feet, made a way to destroy me, and my path have they clean marred. It was so easy for them to do me harm, that they needed no man to help them. They fell upon me, as it had been the breaking in of waters, and came in by heaps to destroy me. "Fearfulness is turned against me. Mine honour vanisheth away more swiftly than wind, and my prosperity departeth hence like as it were a cloud. Therefore is my mind poured full of heaviness, and the days of trouble have taken hold upon me. My bones are pierced through in the night season, and my sinews take no rest. With all their power have they changed my garment, and girded me therewith, as it were with a coat. I am even as it were clay, and am become like ashes and dust. When I cry unto thee, thou doest not hear me: and though I stand before thee, yet thou regardest me not. Thou art become mine enemy, and with thy violent hand thou takest part against me. In times past thou didst set me up on high, as it were above the wind, but now hast thou given me a very sore fall. Sure I am, that thou wilt deliver me unto death: whereas a lodging is prepared for all men living. Now use not men to do violence unto them, that are destroyed already; but where hurt is done, there use they to help. Did not I weep in the time of trouble? Had not my soul compassion upon the poor? Yet nevertheless, whereas I looked for good, evil happened unto me; and whereas I waited for light, there came darkness. My bowels seeth within me, and take no rest, for the days of my trouble are come upon me. Meekly and lowly came I in, yea and without any displeasure; I stood up in the congregation, and communed with them. But now I am a companion of dragons, and a fellow of ostriches. My skin upon me is turned to black, and my bones are burnt with heat; my harp is turned to sorrow, and my pipe to weeping.

When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out greatly and bitterly above measure, and said unto his father, "Bless me also, my father!"

And David went up on Mount Olivet and wept as he went, and had his head covered and went thereto barefoot. And all the people that was with him, had every man his head covered, and as they went, wept also.

And Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and besought the LORD, saying, "Oh LORD, remember yet how I have walked before thee truly and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight," and wept a great pace.

Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, and said, "Remember, O LORD, that I have walked before thee in truth and a steadfast heart, and have done the thing that is pleasant to thee." And Hezekiah wept sore.

Why standest thou so far off, O LORD, and hidest thy face in the needful time of trouble?

Nevertheless, my feet were almost gone; my treadings had well nigh slipped. And why? I was grieved at the wicked, to see the ungodly in such prosperity.

{An Instruction of Asaph} O God, wherefore doest thou cast us so clean away? Why is thy wrath so hot against the sheep of thy pasture?

And Moses said unto the LORD, "Wherefore dealest thou so cruelly with thy servant? Wherefore do I not find favour in thy sight, seeing that thou puttest the weight of this people upon me? Have I conceived all this people, or have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, 'Carry them in thy bosom, as a nurse beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?' Where should I have flesh to give unto all this people? For they weep unto me saying, 'Give us flesh that we may eat.'read more.
I am not able to bear all this people alone, for it is too heavy for me. Wherefore, if thou deal thus with me; kill me, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thy sight: and let me not see my wretchedness."

Moses returned unto the LORD and said, "LORD wherefore dealest thou cruelly with this people: and wherefore hast thou sent me? For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath fared foul with this folk, and yet thou hast not delivered thy people at all."

And Moses cried unto the LORD saying, "What shall I do unto this people? They be almost ready to stone me!"

And he went a day's journey into the wilderness, and when he was come sat down under a Juniper tree, and desired for his soul, that he might die, and said, "It is now enough, O LORD, take my soul; for I am not better than my fathers."

And he answered, "I have been thorough angry for the LORD God of Hosts' sake. For the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, and have broken down thine altars and slain the Prophets with the sword, and I only am left, and they seek my soul to have it too."

O mother, alas that ever thou didst bear me, an enemy and hated of the whole land: Though I never lent nor received upon usury, yet all men speak evil upon me.

Shall my heaviness endure forever? Are my plagues then so great, that they may never be healed? Wilt thou be as a water that faileth, and cannot continue?"

O LORD, thou makest me weak, but thou refreshest me, and makest me strong again. All the day long am I despised, and laughed to scorn of every man: because I have now preached long against malicious Tyranny, and showed them of destruction. For the which cause they cast the word of the LORD in my teeth, and take me ever to the worst. Wherefore, I thought from henceforth not to speak of him, nor to preach anymore in his name. But the word of the LORD was a very burning fire in my heart and in my bones, which when I would have stopped, I might not.read more.
For why? I heard so many derisions and blasphemies, yea even of my own companions, and such as were conversant with me: which went about, to make me afraid, saying, "Upon him; let us go upon him, to fear him, and make him hold his tongue: that we may overcome him, and be avenged of him."

Insomuch as thou thoughtest thus, when thou wast writing, 'Woe is me, the LORD hath given me pain for my travail: I have wearied myself with sighing, and shall I find no rest?'

Therefore Jonah was sore discontent and angry. And he prayed unto the LORD and said, "O LORD, was not this my saying when I was yet in my country? And therefore I hasted rather to flee to Tarshish: for I knew well enough that thou wast a merciful god, full of compassion long before thou be angry, and of great mercy and repentest when thou art come to take punishment. Now therefore take my life from me, for I had better die than live."read more.
And the LORD said unto Jonah, "Art thou so angry?" And Jonah gat him out of the city and sat him down on the east side thereof, and made him there a booth and sat thereunder in the shadow, till he might see what should chance unto the city.

By the waters of Babylon we sat down; and wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the salon-trees, in the midst of it. For they that led us away captive required of us then a song, and melody in our heaviness. "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!"read more.
How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land? If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my righthand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, yea, if I prefer not Jerusalem in my mirth. Remember the children of Edom, O LORD, in the day of Jerusalem, how they said, "Down with it! Down with it, even to the ground!" O daughter of Babylon, thou shalt come to misery thyself; yea, happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. Blessed shall he be that taketh thy children, and throweth them against the stones.

{Aleph} I am the man, that, through the rod of his wrath, have experience of misery. He drove me forth, and led me: Yea, into darkness, but not in to light. Against me only he turneth his hand, and layeth it ever upon me.read more.
{Beth} My flesh and my skin hath he made old, my bones hath he bruised. He hath builded round about me, and closed me in with gall and travail. He hath set me in darkness, as they that be dead forever. {Gimel} He hath so hedged me in, that I cannot get out; and hath laid heavy links upon me. Though I cry and call piteously, yet heareth he not my prayer. He hath stopped up my ways with four square stones, and made my paths crooked. {Daleth} He layeth wait for me like a Bear, and as a lion in a hole. He hath marred my ways, and broken me in pieces: he hath laid me waste altogether. He hath bent his bow, and made me as it were a mark to shoot at. {He} The arrows of his quiver hath he shot, even into my reins. I am laughed to scorn of all my people; they make songs upon me all the day long. He hath filled me with bitterness, and given me wormwood to drink. {Vav} He hath smitten my teeth in pieces, and rolled me in the dust. He hath put my soul out of rest; I forget all good things. I thought in myself, "I am undone; there is no hope for me in the LORD."

And the kings of the earth shall beweep her and wail over her, which have committed fornication with her, and have lived wantonly with her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, and shall stand afar off, for fear of her punishment, saying, 'Alas, Alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city: For at one hour is her judgment come.' And the merchants of the earth shall weep and wail in themselves, for no man will buy their ware any more,read more.
the ware of gold and silver, and precious stones, neither of pearl, and raynes, and purple, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and of iron, and cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and bodies; and souls of men. And the apples that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee. And all things which were dainty, and had in price, are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more. The merchants of these things which were waxed rich, shall stand afar off from her, for fear of the punishment of her, weeping and wailing, and saying, 'Alas alas, that great city, that was clothed in raynes, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stone, and pearls: for at one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every ship governor, and all they that occupied ships, and shipmen which work in the sea, stood afar off; and cried, when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, "What city is like unto this great city?' And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping, and wailing, and said, 'Alas, Alas, that great city wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea, by the reason of her costliness, for at one hour is she made desolate.'

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends! For the hand of God hath touched me.

And often times casteth him into the fire, and also into the water, to destroy him. But if thou canst do anything, have mercy on us, and help us."

and put forth their voices, and said, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us."

Why art thou so heavy, O my soul, and why art thou so disquieted within me? O put thy trust in God, for I will yet give him thanks, which is the help of my countenance, and my God.

Then thought I to understand this; but it was too hard for me, until I went into the Sanctuary of God. Then understood I the end of these men.

{A Psalm of David when he fled from the face of Absalom} LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! Many are they that rise against me. Many ones there be that say of my soul, "There is no help for him in his God." Selah. But thou, O LORD, art my defender; thou art my worship, and the lifter up of my head.read more.
I did call upon the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.

{To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? Forever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me? How long shall I seek counsel in my soul, and be so vexed in my heart? How long shall mine enemies triumph over me? Consider, and hear me, O LORD my God. Lighten mine eyes, that I sleep not in death,read more.
lest mine enemy say, "I have prevailed against him." For if I be cast down, they that trouble me will rejoice at it. But my trust is in thy mercy, and my heart is joyful in thy salvation. I will sing of the LORD, because he hath dealt so lovingly with me; Yea, I will praise the name of the LORD the most highest.

{A Psalm of David} Fret not thyself because of the ungodly; neither be thou envious against the evil doers. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and be withered even as the green herb. Put thou thy trust in the LORD, and be doing good; dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.read more.
Delight thou in the LORD, and he shall give thee thy heart's desire. Commit thy way unto the LORD, set thy hope in him, and he shall bring it to pass. He shall make thy righteousness as clear as the light, and thy just dealing as the noonday. Hold thee still in the LORD, and abide patiently upon him: but grieve not thyself at one that hath prosperity, and liveth in abomination.

Nevertheless, I am always by thee; thou holdest me by my righthand. Thou leadest me with thy counsel, and afterward receivest me unto glory. Whom have I in heaven but thee? There is nothing upon earth, that I desire in comparison of thee.read more.
My flesh and my heart faileth; but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion forever. For lo, they that forsake thee shall perish; thou destroyest all them that commit fornication against thee. But it is good for me to hold me fast by God, to put my trust in the LORD God, and to speak of all thy works in the gates of the daughter of Zion.

Our fathers regarded not thy wonders in Egypt, neither kept they thy great goodness in remembrance, but were disobedient at the sea, even at the reed sea.

{Zayin} O remember yet my misery and my trouble; the wormwood and the gall. Yea, thou shalt remember them, for my soul melteth away in me. While I consider these things in my heart, I get a hope again.read more.
{Khet} Namely, that the mercies of the LORD are not clean gone, and that his loving-kindness ceaseth not. His faithfulness is great and reneweth itself as the morning. "The LORD is my portion," sayeth my soul; therefore will I hope in him. {Tet} O how good is the LORD unto them that put their trust in him, and to the soul that seeketh after him? O how good is it, with stillness, to wait and tarry for the health of the LORD?

For as the afflictions of Christ are plenteous in us: even so is our consolation plenteous by Christ.

Let us give no man occasion of evil, that in our office be found no fault: but in all things let us behave ourselves as the ministers of God. In much patience, in afflictions, in necessity, in anguish, in stripes, in prisonment, in strife, in labour, in watching, in fasting,read more.
in pureness, in knowledge, in longsuffering, in kindness, in the holy ghost, in love unfeigned, in the words of truth, in the power of God, by the armour of righteousness of the right hand and on the left hand, in honour and dishonour, in evil report and good report, as deceivers and yet true, as unknown, and yet known, as dying - and behold we yet live - as chastened and not killed, as sorrowing and yet always merry, as poor and yet make many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all things.

My brethren, count it exceeding joy when ye fall into divers temptations, forasmuch as ye know how that the trying of your faith bringeth patience:

but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's passions, that when his glory appeareth, ye may be merry and glad.