Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and let your heart be strengthened; yea, wait on the Lord!

Be strong, you relaxed hands and feeble knees.

Comfort one another, you fainthearted; be strong, fear not; behold, our God renders judgment, and He will render [it]; He will come and save us.

And the Lord said, "Simon, Simon! Behold, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat.

But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers."

Therefore strengthen the hands which are weakened, and the feeble knees,

and make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be turned aside, but rather be healed.

My brothers, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord, as an example of evil suffering and of longsuffering.

Indeed we count those blessed who endure. You have heard of the patience of Job, and you saw the end of the Lord--that He is compassionate and He is merciful.

The Lord will give strength to His people; the Lord will bless His people with peace.

In whatsoever day I shall call upon You, hear me speedily; You shall abundantly provide me with Your power in my soul.

being strengthened with all power, according to the might of His glory, for all endurance and longsuffering with joy;

Blessed is he whose helper is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God:

And again, Isaiah says: "There shall be the root of Jesse; and He that shall rise to rule over the Gentiles, in Him the Gentiles shall hope."

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

who through Him believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.