Verses for Hard Times
taken from the NIV

The Lord will be a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble; and those who know Your name will put their trust in You, for You, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.  - Psalm 9:9-10

I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.  - Psalm 27:13

His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for a lifetime; weeping may last for the night, but a shout of joy comes in the morning.  - Psalm 30:5

You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; You have loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness, that my soul may sing praise to You and not be silent.  - Psalm 30:11-12a

I trust in the Lord.  I will rejoice and be glad in Your lovingkindness, because You have seen my affliction; You have known the troubles of my soul.  - Psalm 31:6b-7

The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. -Psalm 34:18

Why are you in despair, O my soul?  And why have you become disturbed within me?  Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him for the help of His presence.  - Psalm 42:5

For You have delivered my soul from death, indeed my feet from stumbling, so that I may walk before God in the light of the living.  - Psalm 56:13

Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, the God who is our salvation.  God is to us a God of deliverances; and to God the Lord belong escapes from death.  - Psalm 68:19-20

But as for me, I will hope continually, and will praise You yet more and more.  - Psalm 71:14

My soul weeps because of grief; strengthen me according to Your word.  - Psalm 119:28

Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for You are my praise.  - Jeremiah 17:14

For I know the plans that I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:11

For the Lord will not reject forever, for if He causes grief, then He will have compassion according to His lovingkindness.  For He does not afflict willingly or grieve the sons of men.  - Lamentations 3:31-33

After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you.  - 1 Peter 5:10