weakened

Ezra 3:3
They set up the altar on its foundation and sacrificed burnt offerings upon it to the LORD--both the morning and evening burnt offerings--even though they feared the people of the land.

Nehemiah 6:9
For they were all trying to frighten us, saying, "Their hands will be weakened in the work, and it will never be finished." But now, my God, strengthen my hands.

Isaiah 35:3, 4
Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees! . . .

Jeremiah 38:4
Then the officials said to the king, "This man ought to die, for he is discouraging the warriors who remain in this city, as well as all the people, by speaking such words to them; this man is not seeking the well-being of these people, but their ruin."

troubled

Nehemiah 4:7, 8, 11
When Sanballat and Tobiah, together with the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites, heard that the repair to the walls of Jerusalem was progressing and that the gaps were being closed, they were furious, . . .