Isaiah 40:27-31

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²⁷Why do you complain, Jacob?
    Why do you say, Israel,
“My way is hidden from the Lord;
    my cause is disregarded by my God”?^(A)
²⁸Do you not know?
    Have you not heard?^(B)
The Lord is the everlasting^(C) God,
    the Creator^(D) of the ends of the earth.^(E)
He will not grow tired or weary,^(F)
    and his understanding no one can fathom.^(G)
²⁹He gives strength^(H) to the weary^(I)
    and increases the power of the weak.
³⁰Even youths grow tired and weary,
    and young men^(J) stumble and fall;^(K)
³¹but those who hope^(L) in the Lord
    will renew their strength.^(M)
They will soar on wings like eagles;^(N)
    they will run and not grow weary,
    they will walk and not be faint.^(O)

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Philippians 4:8-15

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⁸Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. ⁹Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice.^(A) And the God of peace^(B) will be with you.

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¹⁰I rejoiced greatly in the Lord that at last you renewed your concern for me.^(C) Indeed, you were concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it. ¹¹I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content^(D) whatever the circumstances. ¹²I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry,^(E) whether living in plenty or in want.^(F) ¹³I can do all this through him who gives me strength.^(G)

¹⁴Yet it was good of you to share^(H) in my troubles. ¹⁵Moreover, as you Philippians know, in the early days^(I) of your acquaintance with the gospel, when I set out from Macedonia,^(J) not one church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving, except you only;^(K)