[Father, I say:]
My soul is weary with sorrow;
strengthen me according to your word.
Psalm 119:28
They
dress the wound of
my people
as though it were
not serious.
“
Peace, peace,” they say,
when there is
no peace.
Jeremiah 8:11
[He says to them:]
Take up the cause of the fatherless;
plead the case of the widow.
Isaiah 1:17b
[there is:]
a time to kill and
a time to
heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,
a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
Ecclesiastes 3:3-4
[He says to me:]
Stop
trusting in
mere humans,
who have but a breath in their nostrils.
Why hold them in esteem?
Isaiah 2:22
So this is what the Sovereign LORD says:
“See, I lay a stone
in Zion, a tested stone,
a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation;
the one who
relies on it
will
never be stricken with panic.
Isaiah 28:16
Come to me all you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28
The LORD will
fight for you; you
need only to be still.”
Exodus 14:14
Zion will be
delivered with justice,
her penitent ones with
righteousness.
Isaiah 1:27
[because:]
The LORD makes firm the steps
of the one who delights in him;
though [I] may stumble, [I] will not fall,
for the LORD upholds [me] with his hand.
Psalm 37:23-24
For the LORD loves the just
and will not forsake his faithful ones.
Psalm 37:28
[My comment to the Lord:]
I will give thanks for you answered me
you have become my salvation
Psalm 118:21
