Bible Cross References
In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
Psalm 43:2-5
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You are my protector; why have you abandoned me? Why must I go on suffering from the cruelty of my enemies?
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Send your light and your truth; may they lead me and bring me back to Zion, your sacred hill, and to your Temple, where you live.
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Then I will go to your altar, O God; you are the source of my happiness. I will play my harp and sing praise to you, O God, my God.
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Why am I so sad? Why am I so troubled? I will put my hope in God, and once again I will praise him, my savior and my God.
Psalm 61:2
In despair and far from home I call to you! Take me to a safe refuge,
Psalm 63:5
My soul will feast and be satisfied, and I will sing glad songs of praise to you.
Psalm 63:6
As I lie in bed, I remember you; all night long I think of you,
Psalm 73:12-16
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That is what the wicked are like. They have plenty and are always getting more.
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Is it for nothing, then, that I have kept myself pure and have not committed sin?
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O God, you have made me suffer all day long; every morning you have punished me.
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If I had said such things, I would not be acting as one of your people.
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I tried to think this problem through, but it was too difficult for me
Psalm 77:2-10
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In times of trouble I pray to the Lord; all night long I lift my hands in prayer, but I cannot find comfort.
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When I think of God, I sigh; when I meditate, I feel discouraged.
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He keeps me awake all night; I am so worried that I cannot speak.
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I think of days gone by and remember years of long ago.
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I spend the night in deep thought; I meditate, and this is what I ask myself:
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"Will the Lord always reject us? Will he never again be pleased with us?
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Has he stopped loving us? Does his promise no longer stand?
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Has God forgotten to be merciful? Has anger taken the place of his compassion?"
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Then I said, "What hurts me most is this--- that God is no longer powerful."
Jeremiah 20:7-11
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LORD, you have deceived me, and I was deceived. You are stronger than I am, and you have overpowered me. Everyone makes fun of me; they laugh at me all day long.
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Whenever I speak, I have to cry out and shout, "Violence! Destruction!" LORD, I am ridiculed and scorned all the time because I proclaim your message.
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But when I say, "I will forget the LORD and no longer speak in his name," then your message is like a fire burning deep within me. I try my best to hold it in, but can no longer keep it back.
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I hear everybody whispering, "Terror is everywhere! So let's report him to the authorities!" Even my close friends wait for my downfall. "Perhaps he can be tricked," they say; "then we can catch him and get revenge."
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But you, LORD, are on my side, strong and mighty, and those who persecute me will fail. They will be disgraced forever, because they cannot succeed. Their disgrace will never be forgotten.
Habakkuk 3:16-18
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I hear all this, and I tremble; my lips quiver with fear. My body goes limp, and my feet stumble beneath me. I will quietly wait for the time to come when God will punish those who attack us.
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Even though the fig trees have no fruit and no grapes grow on the vines, even though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no grain, even though the sheep all die and the cattle stalls are empty,
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I will still be joyful and glad, because the LORD God is my savior.
Romans 5:2-5
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He has brought us by faith into this experience of God's grace, in which we now live. And so we boast of the hope we have of sharing God's glory!
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We also boast of our troubles, because we know that trouble produces endurance,
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endurance brings God's approval, and his approval creates hope.
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This hope does not disappoint us, for God has poured out his love into our hearts by means of the Holy Spirit, who is God's gift to us.
2 Corinthians 1:4
He helps us in all our troubles, so that we are able to help others who have all kinds of troubles, using the same help that we ourselves have received from God.
2 Corinthians 1:5
Just as we have a share in Christ's many sufferings, so also through Christ we share in God's great help.
1 Peter 1:7
Their purpose is to prove that your faith is genuine. Even gold, which can be destroyed, is tested by fire; and so your faith, which is much more precious than gold, must also be tested, so that it may endure. Then you will receive praise and glory and honor on the Day when Jesus Christ is revealed.
1 Peter 1:8
You love him, although you have not seen him, and you believe in him, although you do not now see him. So you rejoice with a great and glorious joy which words cannot express,