Matthew 5:4
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4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.(A)
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Psalm 137:1-6
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Psalm 137
Lament over the Destruction of Jerusalem
1 By the rivers of Babylon—
there we sat down, and there we wept
when we remembered Zion.(A)
2 On the willows[a] there
we hung up our harps.
3 For there our captors
asked us for songs,
and our tormentors asked for mirth, saying,
“Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”(B)
4 How could we sing the Lord’s song
in a foreign land?
5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
let my right hand wither!
6 Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth,
if I do not remember you,
if I do not set Jerusalem
above my highest joy.(C)
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Lamentations 3:22-33
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22 The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases,[a]
his mercies never come to an end;(A)
23 they are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.(B)
24 “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
“therefore I will hope in him.”(C)
25 The Lord is good to those who wait for him,
to the soul that seeks him.(D)
26 It is good that one should wait quietly
for the salvation of the Lord.(E)
27 It is good for one to bear
the yoke in youth,(F)
28 to sit alone in silence
when the Lord[b] has imposed it,(G)
29 to put one’s mouth to the dust
(there may yet be hope),
30 to give one’s cheek to the smiter
and be filled with insults.(H)
31 For the Lord will not
reject forever.(I)
32 Although he causes grief, he will have compassion
according to the abundance of his steadfast love;(J)
33 for he does not willingly afflict
or grieve anyone.(K)
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