My Story by His Words

[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