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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0;"/><title>Topical Bible: Misery</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/topical/m/misery.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/newtopical.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/topical/vmenus/romans/3-16.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmcde/m/misery.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/topical/">Topical</a> > Misery</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/topical/m/miserly.htm" title="Miserly">◄</a> Misery <a href="/topical/m/misfortune.htm" title="Misfortune">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse">Jump to: <a href="#web" title="Webster's Dictionary">Webster's</a> • <a href="#cnc" title="Multiversion Concordance">Concordance</a> • <a href="#thes" title="Bible Thesaurus">Thesaurus</a> • <a href="#grk" title="Strong's Greek Concordance">Greek</a> • <a href="#heb" title="Strong's Hebrew Concordance">Hebrew</a> • <a href="#lib" title="Library">Library</a> • <a href="#sub" title="Subtopics">Subtopics</a> • <a href="#rel" title="Related Terms">Terms</a></div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><a name="te" id="te"></a><div class="vheading2">Topical Encyclopedia</div>Misery, as depicted in the Bible, is a state of great distress or discomfort of mind and body, often resulting from sin, suffering, or divine judgment. The Scriptures provide numerous examples and teachings on the nature, causes, and responses to misery, offering both warnings and hope to believers. Biblical Instances of Misery 1. Job's Suffering: The Book of Job is perhaps the most profound biblical exploration of human misery. Job, a righteous man, experiences intense suffering and loss, prompting him to lament, "Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul?" (<a href="/job/3-20.htm">Job 3:20</a>). Job's misery is not a result of his own sin but serves as a test of faith and a demonstration of God's sovereignty. 2. Israel's Oppression: The Israelites experienced misery during their bondage in Egypt. <a href="/exodus/3-7.htm">Exodus 3:7</a> records God's acknowledgment of their suffering: "I have surely seen the affliction of My people in Egypt, and I have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sufferings." This misery led to their eventual deliverance, highlighting God's compassion and intervention. 3. Consequences of Sin: Misery is often portrayed as a consequence of sin. <a href="/proverbs/13-15.htm">Proverbs 13:15</a> states, "Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the faithless is hard." The Bible frequently associates disobedience to God with a life of hardship and distress, as seen in the curses outlined in <a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>. Causes of Misery 1. Sin and Disobedience: Sin is a primary cause of misery in the biblical narrative. The fall of man in <a href="/bsb/genesis/3.htm">Genesis 3</a> introduced sin into the world, resulting in pain, toil, and death. <a href="/romans/6-23.htm">Romans 6:23</a> declares, "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." 2. Divine Judgment: Misery can also be a form of divine judgment. The prophets often warned Israel of impending misery due to their idolatry and rebellion. For instance, <a href="/isaiah/47-11.htm">Isaiah 47:11</a> warns Babylon, "But disaster will come upon you; you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you cannot ward off." 3. Human Wickedness: The actions of others can also bring about misery. The Psalms frequently express the anguish of the righteous suffering at the hands of the wicked. <a href="/psalms/10-14.htm">Psalm 10:14</a> acknowledges, "But You have seen it, for You observe trouble and grief, to repay it by Your hand." Responses to Misery 1. Repentance and Turning to God: The Bible encourages those in misery to turn to God in repentance and faith. <a href="/joel/2-12.htm">Joel 2:12-13</a> calls for repentance: "Even now," declares the LORD, "return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning." 2. Trust in God's Deliverance: Believers are urged to trust in God's deliverance and faithfulness. <a href="/psalms/34-17.htm">Psalm 34:17</a> assures, "The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears; He delivers them from all their troubles." 3. Hope in Christ: The New Testament offers hope through Jesus Christ, who came to bear our sorrows and provide eternal relief from misery. <a href="/revelation/21-4.htm">Revelation 21:4</a> promises, "He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away." Conclusion While misery is a reality in the fallen world, the Bible provides a framework for understanding and responding to it. Through repentance, trust in God, and hope in Christ, believers can find comfort and assurance amidst life's trials.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (n.) Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.2. (n.) Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune.3. (n.) Covetousness; stinginess; avarice.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/5004.htm">5004. talaiporia -- hard work, hardship, distress</a> ... Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: talaiporia Phonetic Spelling: (tal-ahee-po-ree'-ah) Short Definition: hardship, misery Definition: hardship ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5004.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/2561.htm">2561. kakosis -- ill-treatment</a> ... Transliteration: kakosis Phonetic Spelling: (kak'-o-sis) Short Definition: affliction, ill-treatment Definition: affliction, ill-treatment, oppression, misery. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2561.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/5005.htm">5005. talaiporos -- distressed, miserable</a> ... bear, undergo" and , "a callous," J. Thayer) -- properly, (beaten-down) from continued strain, leaving a person literally full of (deep misery) -- describing a ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5005.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/4190.htm">4190. poneros -- toilsome, bad</a> ... which is also used substantively, derived from 4192 , "pain, laborious trouble") -- properly, , emphasizing the inevitable agonies (misery) that always go with ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4190.htm - 8k<a href="/greek/5003.htm">5003. talaiporeo -- to suffer hardship or distress</a> ... endure. From talaiporos; to be wretched, ie Realize one's own misery -- be afflicted. see GREEK talaiporos. (talaiporesate) -- 1 Occurrence. 5002, 5003. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5003.htm - 6k<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/7463a.htm">7463a. raah -- evil, misery, distress, injury</a> ... 7463, 7463a. raah. 7463b . evil, misery, distress, injury. Transliteration: raah Short Definition: evil. Word Origin from the same ... /hebrew/7463a.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/7451b.htm">7451b. ra -- evil, distress, misery, injury, calamity</a> ... 7451a, 7451b. ra. 7452 . evil, distress, misery, injury, calamity. Transliteration: ra Short Definition: evil. Word Origin from ... /hebrew/7451b.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/7463.htm">7463. re'eh -- evil, misery, distress, injury</a> re'eh. 7462c, 7463. re'eh. 7463a . evil, misery, distress, injury. Transliteration: re'eh Phonetic Spelling: (ray-eh') Short Definition: friend. friend ... /hebrew/7463.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/6040.htm">6040. oniy -- affliction, poverty</a> ... affliction, poverty. Transliteration: oniy Phonetic Spelling: (on-ee') Short Definition: misery. depression, Misery From anah; depression, ie Misery: ... /hebrew/6040.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/4788.htm">4788. marud -- restlessness, straying</a> ... cast out, misery. From ruwd in the sense of maltreatment; an outcast; (abstractly) destitution -- cast out, misery. see HEBREW ruwd. 4787b, 4788. marud. 4789 ... /hebrew/4788.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/5999.htm">5999. amal -- trouble, labor, toil</a> ... amal Definition trouble, labor, toil NASB Word Usage anguish (1), fruit of his labor (1), fruit of my labor (3), labor (16), mischief (9), misery (1), sorry (1 ... /hebrew/5999.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/6001.htm">6001. amel -- a laborer, sufferer</a> ... Definition: labors. that labors, that is a misery, had taken labor, wicked, workman From amal; toiling; concretely, a laborer; figuratively ... /hebrew/6001.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/2822.htm">2822. choshek -- darkness, obscurity</a> ... From chashak; the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness -- dark(-ness), night, obscurity. ... /hebrew/2822.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/2825.htm">2825. chashekah -- darkness</a> ... darkness. Or chashekah {khash-ay-kaw'}; from chashak; darkness; figuratively, misery -- darkness. see HEBREW chashak. 2824, 2825. chashekah. 2826 . ... /hebrew/2825.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/6040a.htm">6040a. oni -- affliction, poverty</a> ... Word Origin from anah Definition affliction, poverty NASB Word Usage afflicted* (1), affliction (33), great pains (1), misery (2). 6040, 6040a. oni. 6040b ... /hebrew/6040a.htm - 5k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/palgrave/the_treasury_of_sacred_song/l_misery.htm">Misery</a> ... The Treasury of Sacred Song. Book First L MISERY. LORD, Let the angels praise Thy name; Man is a foolish thing, a foolish thing; ... //christianbookshelf.org/palgrave/the treasury of sacred song/l misery.htm<a href="/library/anonymous/the_westminster_shorter_catechism/question_19_0_what_is_the.htm">What is the Misery of that Estate Whereinto Man Fell?</a> ... Question 19: What is the misery of that estate whereinto man fell? A19: All mankind by their fall lost communion with God, are under ... /.../anonymous/the westminster shorter catechism/question 19 0 what is the.htm<a href="/library/watson/a_body_of_divinity/4_mans_misery_by_the.htm">Man's Misery by the Fall</a> ... 4. The fall 4. Man's Misery By The Fall. Q-19: WHAT IS THE MISERY OF THAT ESTATE WHEREINTO MAN FELL? A: All mankind by their fall ... //christianbookshelf.org/watson/a body of divinity/4 mans misery by the.htm<a href="/library/watts/hymns_and_spiritual_songs/hymn_2_39_the_shortness_and.htm">The Shortness and Misery of Life.</a> ... Hymns. Book 2. Composed on Divine Subjects. Hymn 2:39. The shortness and misery of life. 1 Our days, alas! our mortal days Are short ... /.../watts/hymns and spiritual songs/hymn 2 39 the shortness and.htm<a href="/library/bayly/the_practice_of_piety/meditations_of_the_misery_of.htm">Meditations of the Misery of a Man not Reconciled to God in Christ ...</a> ... THE PRACTICE OF PIETY. MEDITATIONS OF THE MISERY OF A MAN NOT RECONCILED TO GOD IN CHRIST. O wretched Man! ... Consider therefore thy misery". ... /.../bayly/the practice of piety/meditations of the misery of.htm<a href="/library/augustine/the_enchiridion/chapter_27_the_state_of_misery.htm">The State of Misery to which Adam's Sin Reduced Mankind, and the ...</a> ... Chapter 27."The State of Misery to Which Adam's Sin Reduced Mankind, and the Restoration Effected Through the Mercy of God. Thus, then, matters stood. ... /.../augustine/the enchiridion/chapter 27 the state of misery.htm<a href="/library/kempis/the_imitation_of_christ/the_twenty-second_chapter_thoughts_on.htm">The Twenty-Second Chapter: Thoughts on the Misery of Man</a> ... BOOK ONE. THOUGHTS HELPFUL IN THE LIFE OF THE SOUL The Twenty-Second Chapter: Thoughts on the Misery of Man. ... Living on earth is truly a misery. ... /.../kempis/the imitation of christ/the twenty-second chapter thoughts on.htm<a href="/library/traherne/centuries_of_meditations/4_the_misery_of_your.htm">The Misery of Your Fall Ariseth Naturally from the Greatness of ...</a> ... THE SECOND CENTURY 4 The misery of your fall ariseth naturally from the greatness of your sin. The misery of your fall ariseth naturally ... /.../traherne/centuries of meditations/4 the misery of your.htm<a href="/library/traherne/centuries_of_meditations/49_the_misery_of_them.htm">The Misery of them who have and Prize Not</a> ... THE FIRST CENTURY 49 The misery of them who have and prize not. The misery of them who have and prize not, differeth from others, who prize and have not. ... /.../traherne/centuries of meditations/49 the misery of them.htm<a href="/library/kempis/imitation_of_christ/chapter_xxii_on_the_contemplation.htm">On the Contemplation of Human Misery</a> ... THE FIRST BOOK. ADMONITIONS PROFITABLE FOR THE SPIRITUAL LIFE CHAPTER XXII On the contemplation of human misery. Thou art miserable ... /.../kempis/imitation of christ/chapter xxii on the contemplation.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/m/misery.htm">Misery (38 Occurrences)</a> ... 1. (n.) Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe. 2. (n.) Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune. ...Misery (38 Occurrences). ... /m/misery.htm - 16k<a href="/topical/t/torment.htm">Torment (19 Occurrences)</a> ... 2. (n.) Extreme pain; anguish; torture; the utmost degree of misery, either of body or mind. 3. (n.) That which gives pain, vexation, or misery. ... /t/torment.htm - 13k<a href="/topical/b/bitterness.htm">Bitterness (37 Occurrences)</a> ... spheres of application: (1) the physical sense of taste; (2) a figurative meaning in the objective sense of cruel, biting words; intense misery resulting from ... /b/bitterness.htm - 21k<a href="/topical/f/fall.htm">Fall (522 Occurrences)</a> ... borrowed from the Apocryphal Book of Wisdom, to express the fact of the revolt of our first parents from God, and the consequent sin and misery in which they ... /f/fall.htm - 62k<a href="/topical/g/groan.htm">Groan (32 Occurrences)</a> ... by Babylon, the sound being that uttered by a deadly wounded man (Ezekiel 30:24; similarly in the prophecy of the Persian conquest the misery of Babylon is ... /g/groan.htm - 21k<a href="/topical/g/gnash.htm">Gnash (12 Occurrences)</a> ... Standard Bible Encyclopedia. GNASH. nash (charaq; brugmos): "Gnash" is used of grinding or striking together the teeth in rage, pain or misery of disappointment ... /g/gnash.htm - 12k<a href="/topical/r/ruth.htm">Ruth (19 Occurrences)</a> ... 1. (n.) Sorrow for the misery of another; pity; compassion. 2. (v.) That which causes pity or compassion; misery; distress; a pitiful sight. Int. ... /r/ruth.htm - 26k<a href="/topical/d/down.htm">Down (12601 Occurrences)</a> ... ascent; from an upright position; to the ground or floor; to or into a lower or an inferior condition; as, into a state of humility, disgrace, misery, and the ... /d/down.htm - 9k<a href="/topical/m/mercy.htm">Mercy (467 Occurrences)</a> ... Easton's Bible Dictionary Compassion for the miserable. Its object is misery. By the atoning sacrifice of Christ a way is open for ... /m/mercy.htm - 43k<a href="/topical/p/pity.htm">Pity (165 Occurrences)</a> ... 2. (n.) A feeling for the sufferings or distresses of another or others; sympathy with the grief or misery of another; compassion; fellow-feeling; commiseration ... /p/pity.htm - 39k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/sinners-in-the-hands-of-an-angry-God.html">What is the “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” sermon? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Heidelberg-Catechism.html">What is the Heidelberg Catechism? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/sadism-sadist.html">What is sadism? What is a sadist? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://clyx.com/term/misery.htm">Misery: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a> <a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div>Misery (38 Occurrences)<a href="/romans/3-16.htm">Romans 3:16</a> Destruction and misery are in their ways. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/james/5-1.htm">James 5:1</a> Go, now, ye rich! weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon 'you'; (See NIV)<a href="/genesis/16-11.htm">Genesis 16:11</a> The angel of Yahweh said to her, "Behold, you are with child, and will bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, because Yahweh has heard your affliction. (See NIV)<a href="/genesis/29-32.htm">Genesis 29:32</a> Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she named him Reuben. For she said, "Because Yahweh has looked at my affliction. For now my husband will love me." (See NIV)<a href="/genesis/44-29.htm">Genesis 44:29</a> And if ye take this one also from me, and mischief should befall him, ye will bring down my grey hairs with misery to Sheol. (DBY NIV)<a href="/genesis/44-34.htm">Genesis 44:34</a> For how will I go up to my father, if the boy isn't with me?-lest I see the evil that will come on my father." (See NIV)<a href="/exodus/3-7.htm">Exodus 3:7</a> Yahweh said, "I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows. (See NIV)<a href="/exodus/3-17.htm">Exodus 3:17</a> and I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey."' (See NIV)<a href="/exodus/4-31.htm">Exodus 4:31</a> The people believed, and when they heard that Yahweh had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshiped. (See NIV)<a href="/numbers/23-21.htm">Numbers 23:21</a> He has not seen iniquity in Jacob. Neither has he seen perverseness in Israel. Yahweh his God is with him. The shout of a king is among them. (See NIV)<a href="/deuteronomy/26-7.htm">Deuteronomy 26:7</a> and we cried to Yahweh, the God of our fathers, and Yahweh heard our voice, and saw our affliction, and our toil, and our oppression; (See NIV)<a href="/judges/10-16.htm">Judges 10:16</a> They put away the foreign gods from among them, and served Yahweh; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_samuel/1-11.htm">1 Samuel 1:11</a> She vowed a vow, and said, "Yahweh of Armies, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your handmaid, and remember me, and not forget your handmaid, but will give to your handmaid a boy, then I will give him to Yahweh all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come on his head." (See NIV)<a href="/job/3-10.htm">Job 3:10</a> Because it hath not shut the doors Of the womb that was mine! And hide misery from mine eyes. (YLT)<a href="/job/3-20.htm">Job 3:20</a> "Why is light given to him who is in misery, life to the bitter in soul, (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV NIV)<a href="/job/4-8.htm">Job 4:8</a> As I have seen -- ploughers of iniquity, And sowers of misery, reap it! (YLT)<a href="/job/5-6.htm">Job 5:6</a> For sorrow cometh not forth from the dust, Nor from the ground springeth up misery. (YLT)<a href="/job/5-7.htm">Job 5:7</a> For man to misery is born, And the sparks go high to fly. (YLT)<a href="/job/6-2.htm">Job 6:2</a> "Oh that my anguish were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances! (See NIV)<a href="/job/7-3.htm">Job 7:3</a> so am I made to possess months of misery, wearisome nights are appointed to me. (WEB ASV YLT RSV NIV)<a href="/job/9-18.htm">Job 9:18</a> He will not allow me to catch my breath, but fills me with bitterness. (See NIV)<a href="/job/10-15.htm">Job 10:15</a> If I am wicked, woe to me. If I am righteous, I still shall not lift up my head, being filled with disgrace, and conscious of my affliction. (See NAS)<a href="/job/11-16.htm">Job 11:16</a> for you shall forget your misery. You shall remember it as waters that are passed away. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)<a href="/job/15-35.htm">Job 15:35</a> To conceive misery, and to bear iniquity, Even their heart doth prepare deceit. (YLT)<a href="/job/20-22.htm">Job 20:22</a> In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress shall overtake him. The hand of everyone who is in misery shall come on him. (WEB JPS ASV RSV NIV)<a href="/psalms/25-18.htm">Psalms 25:18</a> See mine affliction and my misery, And bear with all my sins. (YLT)<a href="/psalms/31-10.htm">Psalms 31:10</a> For my life is spent with sorrow, my years with sighing. My strength fails because of my iniquity. My bones are wasted away. (See RSV)<a href="/psalms/44-24.htm">Psalms 44:24</a> Why do you hide your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression? (See NIV)<a href="/psalms/73-5.htm">Psalms 73:5</a> In the misery of mortals they are not, And with common men they are not plagued. (YLT)<a href="/psalms/94-20.htm">Psalms 94:20</a> Shall the seat of wickedness have fellowship with Thee, which frameth mischief by statute? (See NIV)<a href="/psalms/107-10.htm">Psalms 107:10</a> Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron, (See NAS)<a href="/psalms/107-26.htm">Psalms 107:26</a> They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble. (See NAS)<a href="/psalms/107-39.htm">Psalms 107:39</a> Again, they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow. (See NAS)<a href="/proverbs/31-7.htm">Proverbs 31:7</a> Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)<a href="/ecclesiastes/8-6.htm">Ecclesiastes 8:6</a> For there is a time and procedure for every purpose, although the misery of man is heavy on him. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NIV)<a href="/lamentations/3-19.htm">Lamentations 3:19</a> Remember my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. (WEB KJV ASV WBS)<a href="/hosea/5-15.htm">Hosea 5:15</a> I will go and return to my place, until they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face. In their affliction they will seek me earnestly." (See NIV)<a href="/micah/7-1.htm">Micah 7:1</a> Misery is mine! Indeed, I am like one who gathers the summer fruits, as gleanings of the vineyard: There is no cluster of grapes to eat. My soul desires to eat the early fig. 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