Bible verses about Spiritual Dryness
Verses for seasons when God feels distant, about honest longing and patient faith.
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
Psalms 13:1For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Doe of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?
Psalms 22:1I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.
Psalms 22:2For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.
Psalms 42:1My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence?
Psalms 42:2My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”
Psalms 42:3Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him for the salvation of His presence.
Psalms 42:5I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah
Psalms 143:6I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.
Psalms 130:5A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.
Psalms 63:1So I have seen You in the sanctuary and beheld Your power and glory.
Psalms 63:2“Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again?
Psalms 77:7Is His loving devotion gone forever? Has His promise failed for all time?
Psalms 77:8Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has His anger shut off His compassion?” Selah
Psalms 77:9So I said, “I am grieved that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”
Psalms 77:10I will remember the works of the LORD; yes, I will remember Your wonders of old.
Psalms 77:11I will reflect on all You have done and ponder Your mighty deeds.
Psalms 77:12But to You, O LORD, I cry for help; in the morning my prayer comes before You.
Psalms 88:13Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?
Psalms 88:14The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
Isaiah 41:17I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs.
Isaiah 41:18“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”
Lamentations 3:24The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
Lamentations 3:25It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
Lamentations 3:26So let us know— let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.
Hosea 6:3