Grief And Sorrow

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

and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and the death shall not be any more, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor shall there be any more pain, because the first things did go away.'

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 →

Who is giving healing to the broken of heart, And is binding up their griefs.

To everything--a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens: — read the full passage →

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

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

Consumed hath been my flesh and my heart, The rock of my heart and my portion <FI>is<Fi> God to the age.

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

Favour me, O Jehovah, for distress <FI>is<Fi> to me, Mine eye, my soul, and my body Have become old by provocation. — 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 →

And I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, that ye may not sorrow, as also the rest who have not hope,

`Peace I leave to you; my peace I give to you, not according as the world doth give do I give to you; let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid;

a little while, and ye do not behold me, and again a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go away unto the Father.'

Jesus wept.

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.

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

`Let not your heart be troubled, believe in God, also in me believe;

`Have not I commanded thee? be strong and courageous; be not terrified nor affrighted, for with thee <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah thy God in every <FI>place<Fi> whither thou goest.'

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 →

Surely our sicknesses he hath borne, And our pains--he hath carried them, And we--we have esteemed him plagued, Smitten of God, and afflicted. — read the full passage →

An imagination supported Thou fortifiest peace--peace! For in Thee it is confident.

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.

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

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.

But those expecting Jehovah pass <FI>to<Fi> power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!

`Let not your heart be troubled, believe in God, also in me believe; — read the full passage →

My wandering Thou hast counted, Thou--place Thou my tear in Thy bottle, Are they not in Thy book?

And now, thus said Jehovah, Thy Creator, O Jacob, and thy Fashioner, O Israel, Be not afraid, for I have redeemed thee, I have called on thy name--thou <FI>art<Fi> Mine. — read the full passage →

brethren, I do not reckon myself to have laid hold; and one thing--the things behind indeed forgetting, and to the things before stretching forth-- — read the full passage →

for the sorrow toward God reformation to salvation not to be repented of doth work, and the sorrow of the world doth work death,

For I, Jehovah thy God, Am strengthening thy right hand, He who is saying to thee, `Fear not, I have helped thee.'

Surely our sicknesses he hath borne, And our pains--he hath carried them, And we--we have esteemed him plagued, Smitten of God, and afflicted.

and I will ask the Father, and another Comforter He will give to you, that he may remain with you--to the age;

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.

Precious in the eyes of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> the death for His saints.

And the ransomed of Jehovah turn back, And they have come to Zion with singing, And joy age-during <FI>is<Fi> on their head, Gladness and joy they attain, Fled away have sorrow and sighing,

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;

Happy the man who doth endure temptation, because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of the life, which the Lord did promise to those loving Him.

Who hath given credence to that which we heard? And the arm of Jehovah, On whom hath it been revealed? — read the full passage →

And I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, that ye may not sorrow, as also the rest who have not hope, — read the full passage →

I pour forth before Him my meditation, My distress before Him I declare.

Till when do I set counsels in my soul? Sorrow in my heart daily? Till when is mine enemy exalted over me?

the good strife I have striven, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept, — read the full passage →

For the Lord doth not cast off to the age. — read the full passage →

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

Also darkness hideth not from Thee, And night as day shineth, as <FI>is<Fi> darkness so <FI>is<Fi> light.

according as I said to you: My sheep my voice do hear, and I know them, and they follow me, — read the full passage →

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 when this corruptible may have put on incorruption, and this mortal may have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the word that hath been written, `The Death was swallowed up--to victory; — 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.'

This <FI>is<Fi> my comfort in mine affliction, That Thy saying hath quickened me.

And I have recompensed to you the years That consume did the locust, the cankerworm, And the caterpillar, and the palmer-worm, My great force that I did send against you. — read the full passage →

Better <FI>is<Fi> a name than good perfume, And the day of death than the day of birth. — read the full passage →

Favour me, O Jehovah, for distress <FI>is<Fi> to me, Mine eye, my soul, and my body Have become old by provocation.

Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my rock, and my bulwark, And my deliverer, My God <FI>is<Fi> my rock, I trust in Him: My shield, and a horn of my salvation, My high tower.

The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> on me, Because Jehovah did anoint me To proclaim tidings to the humble, He sent me to bind the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives liberty, And to bound ones an opening of bands. — read the full passage →

`And ye, therefore, now, indeed, have sorrow; and again I will see you, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one doth take from you,

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.

He is despised, and left of men, A man of pains, and acquainted with sickness, And as one hiding the face from us, He is despised, and we esteemed him not.

My soul hath dropped from affliction, Establish me according to Thy word.

A time to weep, And a time to laugh. A time to mourn, And a time to skip.

The righteous hath perished, And there is none laying <FI>it<Fi> to heart, And men of kindness are gathered, Without any considering that from the face of evil Gathered is the righteous one. — read the full passage →

for, in abundance of wisdom <FI>is<Fi> abundance of sadness, and he who addeth knowledge addeth pain.'

One <FI>thing<Fi> I asked of Jehovah--it I seek. My dwelling in the house of Jehovah, All the days of my life, To look on the pleasantness of Jehovah, And to inquire in His temple. — read the full passage →

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

He hath swallowed up death in victory, And wiped hath the Lord Jehovah, The tear from off all faces, And the reproach of His people He turneth aside from off all the earth, For Jehovah hath spoken.

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.

And the ransomed of Jehovah return, And have entered Zion with singing. And joy age-during on their head, Joy and gladness they attain, And fled away have sorrow and sighing!

To the Overseer. --By a servant of Jehovah, by David, who hath spoken to Jehovah the words of this song in the day Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul, and he saith: --I love Thee, O Jehovah, my strength. — read the full passage →

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

Blessed <FI>is<Fi> the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to the abundance of His kindness did beget us again to a living hope, through the rising again of Jesus Christ out of the dead, — read the full passage →

and make not sorrowful the Holy Spirit of God, in which ye were sealed to a day of redemption.

in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, in the last trumpet, for it shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we--we shall be changed: — read the full passage →

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.

to rejoice with the rejoicing, and to weep with the weeping,

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 →

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 →

be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;

And I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, that ye may not sorrow, as also the rest who have not hope, — read the full passage →

What, then, shall we say unto these things? if God <FI>is<Fi> for us, who <FI>is<Fi> against us? — read the full passage →

And there were certain Greeks out of those coming up that they may worship in the feast, — read the full passage →

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

verily, verily, I say to you, that ye shall weep and lament, and the world will rejoice; and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow joy will become.

Of the labour of his soul he seeth--he is satisfied, Through his knowledge give righteousness Doth the righteous one, My servant, to many, And their iniquities he doth bear.

From the hand of Sheol I do ransom them, From death I redeem them, Where <FI>is<Fi> thy plague, O death? Where thy destruction, O Sheol? Repentance is hid from Mine eyes.

Better to go unto a house of mourning, Than to go unto a house of banqueting, For that is the end of all men, And the living layeth <FI>it<Fi> unto his heart.

For Thou--Thou lightest my lamp, Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.

Call unto Me, and I do answer thee, yea, I declare to thee great and fenced things--thou hast not known them.

In his wickedness is the wicked driven away, And trustful in his death <FI>is<Fi> the righteous.

From the end of the land unto Thee I call, In the feebleness of my heart, Into a rock higher than I Thou dost lead me.

That this God <FI>is<Fi> our God--To the age and for ever, He--he doth lead us over death!

I now do rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye were made sorry to reformation, for ye were made sorry toward God, that in nothing ye might receive damage from us;

`And the king answering, shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did <FI>it<Fi> to one of these my brethren--the least--to me ye did <FI>it<Fi> .

Hearken, O isles, unto me, And attend, O peoples, from afar, Jehovah from the womb hath called me, From the bowels of my mother He hath made mention of my name. — read the full passage →

For my life hath been consumed in sorrow And my years in sighing. Feeble because of mine iniquity hath been my strength, And my bones have become old.

A Psalm of David, in his being in the wilderness of Judah. O God, Thou <FI>art<Fi> my God, earnestly do I seek Thee, Thirsted for Thee hath my soul, Longed for Thee hath my flesh, In a land dry and weary, without waters. — read the full passage →

Multiplied are their griefs, <FI>Who<Fi> have hastened backward; I pour not out their libations of blood, Nor do I take up their names on my lips.

And the sons of Israel bewail Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days; and the days of weeping <FI>and<Fi> mourning for Moses are completed.

and when this corruptible may have put on incorruption, and this mortal may have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the word that hath been written, `The Death was swallowed up--to victory;