the LORD delivereth him out of them all. 20. LORD, held me up. 19. In the mul He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is thoughts within me thy comfort broken. soul. Psa. 37:23. The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way. 24. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand. 32. The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. 33. The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged. Psa. 41:3. The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness. Psa. 42:5. Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance. Psa. 46:1. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Psa. 50:15. Call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. Psa. 55:22. Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. Psa. 56:8. Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book? 9. When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me. 10. In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word. Psa. 62:1. Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. 2. He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved. 5. My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. 6. He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved. 7. In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. 8. Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. 11. God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this, that power belongeth unto God. 12. Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work. Psa. 68:6. God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land. Psa. 69:20. Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none. 33. For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners. Psa. 71:20. Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth. Psa. 73:26. My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. Psa. 103:13. Like as a father pit dren, so the LORD pitieth them th 14. For he knoweth our frame; h eth that we are dust. Psa. 112:4. Unto the upright t light in the darkness: he is graci of compassion, and righteous. Psa. 119:50. This is my comfort tion: for thy word hath quicken remembered thy judgments of and have comforted myself. 54. have been my songs in the hous grimage. 92. Unless thy law had lights, I should then have peris affliction. 143. Trouble and a taken hold on me: yet thy comma my delights. Psa. 138:3. In the day when Ic sweredst me, and strengthened strength in my soul. 7. Though I midst of trouble, thou wilt revi shalt stretch forth thine hand wrath of mine enemies, and thy shall save me. 8. The LORD will which concerneth me: thy mercy dureth for ever: forsake not th thine own hands. Psa. 140:12. I know that the maintain the cause of the afflict right of the poor. Psa. 145:14. The LORD uphold fall, and raiseth up all those the down. Psa. 147:3. He healeth the brol and bindeth up their wounds. Prov. 12:13. The wicked is sn transgression of his lips: but tl come out of trouble. Eccl. 4:1. So I returned, and co the oppressions that are done un and behold the tears of such pressed, and they had no comfo the side of their oppressors there but they had no comforter. Isa. 4:6. And there shall be a ta a shadow in the daytime from t for a place of refuge, and for a storm and from rain. Isa. 14:31. Howl, O gate; cry, whole Palestina, art dissolved": f come from the north a smoke, an be alone in his appointed times. shall one then answer the messe nation? That the LORD hath fo and the poor of his people shall Isa. 25:4. For thou hast been a the poor, a strength to the need tress, a refuge from the storm, a s the heat, when the blast of the 1 is as a storm against the wall. Isa. 30:19. For the people sh Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt wo Psa. 94:17. Unless the LORD had been my he will be very gracious unto the help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence. 18. of thy cry; when he shall hear it When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, Oswer thee. 20. And though the L AFFLICTIONS.-CONSOLATION IN. the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: Isa. 40:1. Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. 2. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins. 29. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Isa. 41:10. Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. 13. For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. 14. Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. 17. When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. Isa. 42:3. A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. Isa. 43:2. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. Isa. 49:13. Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted. Isa. 50:4. The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned. 7. For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed. 8. He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me. 9. Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up. 10. Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God. Isa. 51:3. For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving and the voice of melody. 12. I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; with vs. 3-13. Isa. 54:4. Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more. 11. 0 thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. Isa. 58:10. And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday: Isa. 61:1. The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; 2. To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; 3. To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified. Isa. 63:9. In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them: and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. Isa. 66:5. Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed. 13. As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem. 14. And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies. Jer. 31:13. Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow. 25. For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul. Jer. 39:17. But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the LORD; and thou shalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid. 18. For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee; because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the LORD. Lam. 3:31. For the Lord will not cast off for ever: 32. But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. 33. For he doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men. 57. Thou drewest near in the day the least of these my brethren, y that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear it unto me. not. Matt. 28:5. And the angel an said unto the women, Fear not ye that ye seek Jesus, which was c And as they went to tell his disci Jesus met them, saying, All hail Ezek. 11:16. Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the coun-came and held him by the fee tries where they shall come. Hos. 2:14. Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her. 15. And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt. Hos. 6:1. Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. 2. After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. 3. Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth. Nah. 1:7. The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him. Zeph. 3:18. I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden. Matt. 5:4. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. 10. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 12. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. Matt. 10:29. Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your father. 30. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. [Luke 21:18.] 31. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows. Luke 12:6,7. Matt. 11:28. Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Matt. 14:27. But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid. Mark 6:50. Matt. 25:34. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35. For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: 36. Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. 40. Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of shipped him. 10. Then said Jesus Be not afraid: go tell my brethr go into Galilee, and there shall t Luke 6:21. Blessed are ye that I for ye shall be filled. Blessed weep now: for ye shall laugh. are ye, when men shall hate you they shall separate you from ther and shall reproach you, and ca name as evil, for the Son of man Rejoice ye in that day, and leap behold, your reward is great in in the like manner did their fath prophets. Luke 7:13. And when the Lord had compassion on her, and sai Weep not. John 14:1. Let not your heart ye believe in God, believe also And I will pray the Father, and you another Comforter, that he with you for ever; 18. I will no comfortless: I will come to you. leave with you, my peace I give not as the world giveth, give Let not your heart be troubled, 1 be afraid. John 15:18. If the world hate yo that it hated me before it hate Remember the word that I sai The servant is not greater than 1 they have persecuted me, they w secute you; if they have kept : they will keep yours also. John 16:20. Verily, verily, I sa That ye shall weep and lament, bu shall rejoice; and ye shall be sor your sorrow shall be turned in And ye now therefore have sorroy see you again, and your heart sl and your joy no man taketh fro These things I have spoken unt in me ye might have peace. ye shall have tribulation; but cheer; I have overcome the wor I Acts 12:5. Peter therefore was on: but prayer was made withou the church unto God for him. Acts 23:11. And the night fol Lord stood by him, and said, cheer, Paul; for as thou hast tes in Jerusalem, so must thou bear at Rome. Rom. 8:28. And we know that work together for good to ther God, to them who are the called to his purpose. 35. Who shall from the love of Christ? shall tri distress, or persecution, or famin ness, or peril, or sword? 36. Asi AFFLICTIONS.-CONSOLATION IN. the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: Isa. 40:1. Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. 2. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD's hand double for all her sins. 29. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Isa. 41:10. Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; vea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. 13. For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee. Fear not; I will help thee. 14. Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. 17. When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. Isa. 42:3. A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. Isa. 43-2. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. Isa. 49:13. Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted. Isa. 50:4. The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned. 7. For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I et my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed. 8. He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me. 9. Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up. 10. Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God. Isa. 51:3. For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving and the voice of melody. 12. I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; with vs. 3-13. Isa. 54:4. Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more. 11. O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. Isa. 58:10. And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday: Isa. 61:1. The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; 2. To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; 3. To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified. Isa. 63:9. In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them: and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. Isa. 66:5. Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed. 13. As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem. 14. And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies. Jer. 31:13. Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow. 25. For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul. Jer. 39:17. But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the LORD; and thou shalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid. 18. For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee; because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the LORD. Lam. 3:31. For the Lord will not cast off for ever: 32. But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. 33. For he doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men. Ezek. 11:16. Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come. Hos. 2:14. Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her. 15. And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt. Hos. 6:1. Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. 2. After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. 3. Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth. Nah. 1:7. The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him. the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. Matt. 28:5. And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. 9. And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him. 10. Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me. Luke 6:21. Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh. 22. Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake. 23. Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy : for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets. Luke 7:13. And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not. John 14:1. Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. 16. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 18. I will not leave you Zeph. 3:18. I will gather them that are sor-comfortless: I will come to you. 27. Peace I rowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden. Matt. 5:4. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. 10. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 12. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. Matt. 10:29. Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your father. 30. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered, [Luke 21:18.] 31. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows. Luke 12:6,7. Matt. 11:28. Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Matt. 14:27. But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid. Mark 6:50. Matt. 25:34. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35. For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: 36. Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. 40. Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. John 15:18. If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. 20. Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. John 16:20. Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice; and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. 22. And ye now therefore have sorrow; but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you. 33. These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation; but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. Acts 12:5. Peter therefore was kept in pris on: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him. Acts 23:11. And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul; for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome. Rom. 8:28. And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. 35. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36. As it is written, |