Bad Day

And Jehovah is a tower for the bruised, A tower for times of adversity.

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

For--a moment <FI>is<Fi> in His anger, Life <FI>is<Fi> in His good-will, At even remaineth weeping, and at morn singing.

Also--when I walk in a valley of death-shade, I fear no evil, for Thou <FI>art<Fi> with me, Thy rod and Thy staff--they comfort me.

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God; — read the full passage →

And call Me in a day of adversity, I deliver thee, and thou honourest Me.

They cried, and Jehovah heard, And from all their distresses delivered them. — read the full passage →

Cast on Jehovah that which He hath given thee, And He doth sustain thee, He doth not suffer for ever the moving of the righteous.

The kindnesses of Jehovah! For we have not been consumed, For not ended have His mercies. — read the full passage →

Blessed <FI>is<Fi> God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the mercies, and God of all comfort, — read the full passage →

on every side being in tribulation, but not straitened; perplexed, but not in despair; — read the full passage →

these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage--I have overcome the world.'

To the Overseer. --By sons of Korah. `For the Virgins.' --A song. God <FI>is<Fi> to us a refuge and strength, A help in adversities found most surely. — read the full passage →

To the Overseer. --By sons of Korah. `For the Virgins.' --A song. God <FI>is<Fi> to us a refuge and strength, A help in adversities found most surely.

All joy count <FI>it<Fi> , my brethren, when ye may fall into temptations manifold; — read the full passage →

A Song of the Ascents. Unto Jehovah in my distress I have called, And He answereth me.

`Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest, — read the full passage →

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not. — read the full passage →

`Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest,

Be not therefore anxious for the morrow, for the morrow shall be anxious for its own things; sufficient for the day <FI>is<Fi> the evil of it.

Though the fig-tree doth not flourish, And there is no produce among vines, Failed hath the work of the olive, And fields have not yielded food, Cut off from the fold hath been the flock, And there is no herd in the stalls. — read the full passage →

Be not afraid, for with thee I <FI>am<Fi> , Look not around, for I <FI>am<Fi> thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.

They cried, and Jehovah heard, And from all their distresses delivered them. — read the full passage →

This <FI>is<Fi> the day Jehovah hath made, We rejoice and are glad in it.

And Job riseth, and rendeth his robe, and shaveth his head, and falleth to the earth, and doth obeisance, — read the full passage →

To the Overseer, on `The Hind of the Morning.' --A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation, The words of my roaring? — read the full passage →

And the day is, that his sons and his daughters are eating, and drinking wine, in the house of their brother, the first-born. — read the full passage →

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

They cried, and Jehovah heard, And from all their distresses delivered them. — read the full passage →

No temptation hath taken you--except human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear <FI>it<Fi> .

Near <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah to the broken of heart, And the bruised of spirit He saveth.

For He hath not despised, nor abominated, The affliction of the afflicted, Nor hath He hidden His face from him, And in his crying unto Him He heareth.

for we have not a chief priest unable to sympathise with our infirmities, but <FI>one<Fi> tempted in all things in like manner--apart from sin; — read the full passage →

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

They cried, and Jehovah heard, And from all their distresses delivered them.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation--unspotted to keep himself from the world.

And this know thou, that in the last days there shall come perilous times, — read the full passage →

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

be humbled, then, under the powerful hand of God, that you He may exalt in good time, — read the full passage →

Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, `No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,' — read the full passage →

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice;

For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time <FI>are<Fi> not worthy <FI>to be compared<Fi> with the glory about to be revealed in us;

Favour me, O Jehovah, for I <FI>am<Fi> weak, Heal me, O Jehovah, For troubled have been my bones, — read the full passage →

Love not ye the world, nor the things in the world; if any one doth love the world, the love of the Father is not in him, — read the full passage →

All joy count <FI>it<Fi> , my brethren, when ye may fall into temptations manifold; — read the full passage →

(not by works that <FI>are<Fi> in righteousness that we did but according to His kindness,) He did save us, through a bathing of regeneration, and a renewing of the Holy Spirit,

and my God shall supply all your need, according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

And he said also to him who did call him, `When thou mayest make a dinner or a supper, be not calling thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kindred, nor rich neighbours, lest they may also call thee again, and a recompense may come to thee; — read the full passage →

sell your goods, and give alms, make to yourselves bags that become not old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where thief doth not come near, nor moth destroy; — read the full passage →

And he, having lifted up his eyes to his disciples, said: `Happy the poor--because yours is the reign of God. — read the full passage →

And it hath come to pass afterwards, I do pour out My Spirit on all flesh, And prophesied have your sons and your daughters, Your old men do dream dreams, Your young men do see visions.

Thus said Jehovah: Let not the wise boast himself in his wisdom, Nor let the mighty boast himself in his might, Let not the rich boast himself in his riches, — read the full passage →

and apart from faith it is impossible to please well, for it behoveth him who is coming to God to believe that He is, and to those seeking Him He becometh a rewarder.

and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap--not desponding;

for through faith we walk, not through sight--

wherefore, we faint not, but if also our outward man doth decay, yet the inward is renewed day by day; — read the full passage →

wherefore, we faint not, but if also our outward man doth decay, yet the inward is renewed day by day; — read the full passage →

And having seen the multitudes, he went up to the mount, and he having sat down, his disciples came to him, — read the full passage →

Though the fig-tree doth not flourish, And there is no produce among vines, Failed hath the work of the olive, And fields have not yielded food, Cut off from the fold hath been the flock, And there is no herd in the stalls. — read the full passage →

Good <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah for a strong place in a day of distress. And He knoweth those trusting in Him.

When thou passest into waters, I <FI>am<Fi> with thee, And into floods, they do not overflow thee, When thou goest into fire, thou art not burnt, And a flame doth not burn against thee.

The Visions of Isaiah son of Amoz, that he hath seen concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

A Song of the Ascents. I lift up mine eyes unto the hills, Whence doth my help come? — read the full passage →

What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? Yea, art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him: The salvation of my countenance--My God!

To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. Till when, O Jehovah, Dost Thou forget me? --for ever? Till when dost Thou hide Thy face from me? — read the full passage →

And Thou, O Jehovah, <FI>art<Fi> a shield for me, My honour, and lifter up of my head.

And there was given to me a reed like to a rod, and the messenger stood, saying, `Rise, and measure the sanctuary of God, and the altar, and those worshipping in it; — read the full passage →

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you. — read the full passage →

being begotten again, not out of seed corruptible, but incorruptible, through a word of God--living and remaining--to the age;

James, of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ a servant, to the Twelve Tribes who are in the dispersion: Hail! — read the full passage →

by faith we understand the ages to have been prepared by a saying of God, in regard to the things seen not having come out of things appearing;

And the Spirit expressly speaketh, that in latter times shall certain fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons,

If, then, ye were raised with the Christ, the things above seek ye, where the Christ is, on the right hand of God seated, — read the full passage →

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

for we are the circumcision, who by the Spirit are serving God, and glorying in Christ Jesus, and in flesh having no trust,

who is comforting us in all our tribulation, for our being able to comfort those in any tribulation through the comfort with which we are comforted ourselves by God;

flee the whoredom; every sin--whatever a man may commit--is without the body, and he who is committing whoredom, against his own body doth sin.

and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world hath been judged.

now is a judgment of this world, now shall the ruler of this world be cast forth;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

And the seventy turned back with joy, saying, `Sir, and the demons are being subjected to us in thy name;'

And having called together his twelve disciples, he gave them power and authority over all the demons, and to cure sicknesses,

`Happy the mourning--because they shall be comforted.

Thus said Jehovah, thy Maker, and thy Former, From the womb He doth help thee; Fear not, my servant Jacob, And Jeshurun, whom I have fixed on.

Search me, O God, and know my heart, Try me, and know my thoughts, — read the full passage →

Thou hast commanded us Thy precepts to keep diligently,

He is saying of Jehovah, `My refuge, and my bulwark, my God, I trust in Him,'

From Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> the steps of a man, They have been prepared, And his way he desireth. — read the full passage →

thou art not terrified by their presence, for Jehovah thy God <FI>is<Fi> in thy midst, a God great and fearful.

then thou hast said to thy son, Servants we have been to Pharaoh in Egypt, and Jehovah bringeth us out of Egypt by a high hand;

`Hear, O Israel, Jehovah our God <FI>is<Fi> one Jehovah; — read the full passage →

and ye have kept and done <FI>them<Fi> (for it <FI>is<Fi> your wisdom and your understanding) before the eyes of the peoples who hear all these statutes, and they have said, Only, a people wise and understanding <FI>is<Fi> this great nation.

a two-souled man <FI>is<Fi> unstable in all his ways.

And the day is, that his sons and his daughters are eating, and drinking wine, in the house of their brother, the first-born. — read the full passage →

and we, being of the day--let us be sober, putting on a breastplate of faith and love, and an helmet--a hope of salvation,

As to the rest, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might;

for, as many things as were written before, for our instruction were written before, that through the endurance, and the exhortation of the Writings, we might have the hope.