Psalm 94:19
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19 When the cares of my heart are many,
your consolations cheer my soul.(A)
Psalm 61:2
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2 From the end of the earth I call to you,
when my heart is faint.
Lead me to the rock
that is higher than I,(A)
2 Corinthians 1:4-5
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4 who consoles us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to console those who are in any affliction with the consolation with which we ourselves are consoled by God. 5 For just as the sufferings of Christ are abundant for us, so also our consolation is abundant through Christ.(A)
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Psalm 77:2-10
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2 In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord;
in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying;
my soul refuses to be comforted.(A)
3 I think of God, and I moan;
I meditate, and my spirit faints. Selah(B)
4 You keep my eyelids from closing;
I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
5 I consider the days of old
and remember the years of long ago.(C)
6 I commune[a] with my heart in the night;
I meditate and search my spirit:[b](D)
7 “Will the Lord spurn forever
and never again be favorable?(E)
8 Has his steadfast love ceased forever?
Are his promises at an end for all time?(F)
9 Has God forgotten to be gracious?
Has he in anger shut up his compassion?” Selah(G)
10 And I say, “It is my grief
that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”(H)
Romans 5:2-5
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2 through whom we have obtained access[a] to this grace in which we stand, and we[b] boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God.(A) 3 And not only that, but we[c] also boast in our afflictions, knowing that affliction produces endurance,(B) 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5 and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.(C)
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Habakkuk 3:16-18
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16 I hear, and I tremble within;
my lips quiver at the sound.
Rottenness enters into my bones,
and my steps tremble[a] beneath me.
I wait quietly for the day of calamity
to come upon the people who attack us.(A)
Trust and Joy in the Midst of Trouble
17 Though the fig tree does not blossom
and no fruit is on the vines;
though the produce of the olive fails
and the fields yield no food;
though the flock is cut off from the fold
and there is no herd in the stalls,(B)
18 yet I will rejoice in the Lord;
I will exult in the God of my salvation.(C)
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- 3.16 Cn Compare Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain
Psalm 63:5-6
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5 My soul is satisfied as with a rich feast,[a]
and my mouth praises you with joyful lips(A)
6 when I think of you on my bed
and meditate on you in the watches of the night,(B)
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- 63.5 Heb with fat and fatness
1 Peter 1:7-8
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7 so that the genuineness of your faith—being more precious than gold that, though perishable, is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.(A) 8 Although you have not seen[a] him, you love him, and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy,(B)
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- 1.8 Other ancient authorities read known
Psalm 43:2-5
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2 For you are the God in whom I take refuge;
why have you cast me off?
Why must I walk about mournfully
because of the oppression of the enemy?(A)
3 O send out your light and your truth;
let them lead me;
let them bring me to your holy hill
and to your dwelling.(B)
4 Then I will go to the altar of God,
to God my exceeding joy,
and I will praise you with the harp,
O God, my God.(C)
5 Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God, for I shall again praise him,
my help and my God.(D)
Jeremiah 20:7-11
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Jeremiah Denounces His Persecutors
7 O Lord, you have enticed me,
and I was enticed;
you have overpowered me,
and you have prevailed.
I have become a laughingstock all day long;
everyone mocks me.(A)
8 For whenever I speak, I must cry out;
I must shout, “Violence and destruction!”
For the word of the Lord has become for me
a reproach and derision all day long.(B)
9 If I say, “I will not mention him
or speak any more in his name,”
then within me there is something like a burning fire
shut up in my bones;
I am weary with holding it in,
and I cannot.(C)
10 For I hear many whispering:
“Terror is all around!
Denounce him! Let us denounce him!”
All my close friends
are watching for me to stumble.
“Perhaps he can be enticed,
and we can prevail against him
and take our revenge on him.”(D)
11 But the Lord is with me like a terrifying warrior;
therefore my persecutors will stumble,
and they will not prevail.
They will be greatly shamed,
for they will not succeed.
Their eternal dishonor
will never be forgotten.(E)
Psalm 73:12-16
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12 Such are the wicked;
always at ease, they increase in riches.(A)
13 All in vain I have kept my heart clean
and washed my hands in innocence.(B)
14 For all day long I have been plagued
and am punished every morning.(C)
15 If I had said, “I will talk on in this way,”
I would have been untrue to the circle of your children.
16 But when I thought how to understand this,
it seemed to me a wearisome task,(D)
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