Tuesday June 23, 2009

My soul is bereft of peace;
   I have forgotten what happiness is;
so I say, “My endurance has perished;
   so has my hope from the LORD.”

Remember my affliction and my wanderings,
   the wormwood and the gall!
My soul continually remembers it
   and is bowed down within me.
But this I call to mind,
   and therefore I have hope:

The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases;
   His mercies never come to an end;
they are new every morning;
   great is Your faithfulness.
“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul,
   “therefore I will hope in Him.”

 The LORD is good to those who wait for Him,
   to the soul who seeks Him.
It is good that one should wait quietly
   for the salvation of the LORD.
It is good for a man that he bear
   the yoke in his youth.

 Let him sit alone in silence
   when it is laid on him;
let him put his mouth in the dust—
   there may yet be hope;
let him give his cheek to the one who strikes,
   and let him be filled with insults.

For the Lord will not
   cast off forever,
but, though He cause grief, He will have compassion
   according to the abundance of His steadfast love;
for He does not willingly afflict
   or grieve the children of men.