In the streets they cry out for wine. All joy turns to gloom; rejoicing is exiled from the land.

The city is left in ruins; its gate is reduced to rubble.

They raise their voices, they shout for joy; from the west they proclaim the majesty of the LORD.

Therefore glorify the LORD in the east. Extol the name of the LORD, the God of Israel in the islands of the sea.

For You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade …

O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer.

As a woman with child about to give birth writhes and cries out in pain, so were we in Your presence, O LORD.

Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes …

Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. …

And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”

In a little more than a year you will tremble, O secure ones. For the grape harvest will fail and the fruit harvest will not arrive.

O LORD, be gracious to us! We wait for You. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble.

Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD,

I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”

What can I say? He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done this. I will walk slowly all my years because …

Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You …

For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.

The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness.

He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.

For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand and tells you: Do not fear, I will help you.

The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, …

… of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.

See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

… has given Me the tongue of discipleship, to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My …

… have not been disgraced; therefore I have set My face like flint, and I know that I will not be put to shame.