Despair

And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.   1 Samuel 27:1 

Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.   Ecclesiastes 2:20 

For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:
But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:
Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;
Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf.   2 Corinthians 1:8-11 

We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;   2 Corinthians 4:8 

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