⁶ For this cause make yourselves low under the strong hand of God, so that when the time comes you may be lifted up;

⁷ Putting all your troubles on him, for he takes care of you.

⁸ Be serious and keep watch; the Evil One, who is against you, goes about like a lion with open mouth in search of food;

⁵ Be free from the love of money and pleased with the things which you have; for he himself has said, I will be with you at all times.

³ And there came to my ears a great voice out of the high seat, saying, See, the Tent of God is with men, and he will make his living-place with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them, and be their God.

⁴ And he will put an end to all their weeping; and there will be no more death, or sorrow, or crying, or pain; for the first things have come to an end.

⁵ And he who is seated on the high seat said, See, I make all things new. And he said, Put it in the book; for these words are certain and true.

⁵ For as we undergo more of the pain which Christ underwent, so through Christ does our comfort become greater.

²⁴ For he has not been unmoved by the pain of him who is troubled; or kept his face covered from him; but he has given an answer to his cry.

⁷ The Lord is good, a strong place in the day of trouble; and he has knowledge of those who take him for their safe cover.

⁵⁰ This is my comfort in my trouble; that your sayings have given me life.

²⁸ Come to me, all you who are troubled and weighted down with care, and I will give you rest.

²⁹ Take my yoke on you and become like me, for I am gentle and without pride, and you will have rest for your souls;

³⁰ For my yoke is good, and the weight I take up is not hard.

¹⁷ So if any man is in Christ, he is in a new world: the old things have come to an end; they have truly become new.

²⁸ Come to me, all you who are troubled and weighted down with care, and I will give you rest.

¹ The spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make the broken-hearted well, to say that the prisoners will be made free, and that those in chains will see the light again;

² To give knowledge that the year of the Lord's good pleasure has come, and the day of punishment from our God; to give comfort to all who are sad;

³ To give them a fair head-dress in place of dust, the oil of joy in place of the clothing of grief, praise in place of sorrow; so that they may be named trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, and so that he may have glory.

⁴ And they will be building again the old broken walls, and will make new the old waste places, and will put up again the towns which have been waste for long generations.

¹³ Now may the God of hope make you full of joy and peace through faith, so that all hope may be yours in the power of the Holy Spirit.

¹¹ Lifting up those who are low, and putting the sad in a safe place;

²⁷ May peace be with you; my peace I give to you: I give it not as the world gives. Let not your heart be troubled; let it be without fear.

⁴ Yes, though I go through the valley of deep shade, I will have no fear of evil; for you are with me, your rod and your support are my comfort.

³ He makes the broken-hearted well, and puts oil on their wounds.

¹⁹ For this reason let those who by the purpose of God undergo punishment, keep on in well-doing and put their souls into the safe hands of their Maker.

¹ <To the chief music-maker. Of the sons of Korah; put to Alamoth. A Song.> God is our harbour and our strength, a very present help in trouble.

³ Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort;

⁴ Who gives us comfort in all our troubles, so that we may be able to give comfort to others who are in trouble, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

⁵ For as we undergo more of the pain which Christ underwent, so through Christ does our comfort become greater.

²² Put your cares on the Lord, and he will be your support; he will not let the upright man be moved.

³ Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort;

⁴ Who gives us comfort in all our troubles, so that we may be able to give comfort to others who are in trouble, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

⁵ For as we undergo more of the pain which Christ underwent, so through Christ does our comfort become greater.

⁶ But if we are troubled, it is for your comfort and salvation; or if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which takes effect through your quiet undergoing of the same troubles which we undergo:

⁷ And our hope for you is certain; in the knowledge that as you take part in the troubles, so you will take part in the comfort.

⁸ For it is our desire that you may not be without knowledge of our trouble which came on us in Asia, that the weight of it was very great, more than our power, so that it seemed that we had no hope even of life:

⁶ Have no cares; but in everything with prayer and praise put your requests before God.

¹⁷ The Lord your God is among you, as a strong saviour: he will be glad over you with joy, he will make his love new again, he will make a song of joy over you as in the time of a holy feast.

¹³ As to one who is comforted by his mother, so will I give you comfort: and you will be comforted in Jerusalem.

⁵ For his wrath is only for a minute; in his grace there is life; weeping may be for a night, but joy comes in the morning.

⁹ The Lord will be a high tower for those who are crushed down, a high tower in times of trouble;

² The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour; my God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

¹⁸ The Lord is near the broken-hearted; he is the saviour of those whose spirits are crushed down.

²⁹ Jesus said, Truly I say to you, There is no man who has given up house, or brothers, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or land, because of me and the good news,

³⁰ Who will not get a hundred times as much now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and land--though with great troubles; and, in the world to come, eternal life.

³¹ But a great number who are first will be last: and those who are last will be first.

¹¹ For I am conscious of my thoughts about you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you hope at the end.

¹⁶ And I will make prayer to the Father and he will give you another Helper to be with you for ever,

¹⁷ Even the Spirit of true knowledge. That Spirit the world is not able to take to its heart because it sees him not and has no knowledge of him: but you have knowledge of him, because he is ever with you and will be in you.

¹⁸ I will not let you be without a friend: I am coming to you.

¹⁹ A little time longer, and the world will see me no more; but you will see me; and you will be living because I am living.

³³ I have said all these things to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble: but take heart! I have overcome the world.

⁷ And the peace of God, which is deeper than all knowledge, will keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

² And let not your behaviour be like that of this world, but be changed and made new in mind, so that by experience you may have knowledge of the good and pleasing and complete purpose of God.

⁵ And he who is seated on the high seat said, See, I make all things new. And he said, Put it in the book; for these words are certain and true.

⁴ Happy are those who are sad: for they will be comforted.

²² So you have sorrow now: but I will see you again, and your hearts will be glad, and no one will take away your joy.

⁸ You have seen my wanderings; put the drops from my eyes into your bottle; are they not in your record?

⁴ One prayer have I made to the Lord, and this is my heart's desire; that I may have a place in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, looking on his glory, and getting wisdom in his Temple.

⁵ For in the time of trouble he will keep me safe in his tent: in the secret place of his tent he will keep me from men's eyes; high on a rock he will put me.

⁶ And now my head will be lifted up higher than my haters who are round me: because of this I will make offerings of joy in his tent; I will make a song, truly I will make a song of praise to the Lord.

¹⁰ Have no fear, for I am with you; do not be looking about in trouble, for I am your God; I will give you strength, yes, I will be your helper; yes, my true right hand will be your support.