Nevertheless God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus,

and not only by his coming, but also by the consolation with which he was comforted over you, as he reported to us your earnest longing, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced even more.

Establish with me a token for good; and let them that hate me see [it] and be ashamed; because You, O Lord, have helped me, and comforted me.

And in that day you shall say, I [will] bless You, O Lord; for You were angry with me, but You have turned aside Your wrath, and have pitied me.

They shall not hunger, neither shall they thirst; neither shall the heat nor the sun strike them; but He that has mercy on them shall comfort [them], and by fountains of waters shall He lead them.

And now I will comfort you, O Zion; and I have comforted all her desert places; and I will make her desert places as a garden, and her western places as the garden of the Lord; they shall find in her gladness and exaltation, thanksgiving and the voice of praise.

I, [even] I, am He that comforts you; consider who you are, that you were afraid of mortal man, and of the son of man, who have withered as grass.

Let the waste places of Jerusalem break forth [in] joy together, because the Lord has had mercy upon her, and has delivered Jerusalem.

For thus says the Lord: Behold, I turn toward them as a river of peace, and as a torrent bringing upon them in a flood the glory of the Gentiles; their children shall be borne upon the shoulders, and comforted on the knees.

As if his mother should comfort one, so will I also comfort you; and you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, so that He may abide with you forever,

I will not leave you orphans; I am coming to you.

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and will remind you [of] all things which I said to you.

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and a good hope by grace,

comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and work.

Because just as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds through Christ.

Now if we are afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effective for enduring the same sufferings which we also suffer.

I acknowledged my sin, and hid not my iniquity; I said, I will confess my iniquity to the Lord; and You forgave the ungodliness of my heart. Pause.

You are my refuge from the affliction that encompasses me; my joy, to deliver me from them that have compassed me. Pause.

My soul shall boast in the Lord; let the meek hear, and rejoice.

I sought the Lord diligently, and He hearkened to me, and delivered me from all my sojournings.

This poor man cried, and the Lord hearkened to him, and delivered him out of all his afflictions.

Come [and] hear, and I will tell, all You that fear God, how great things He has done for my soul.

Comfort, yes, comfort My people, says [your] God.

And you shall see, and your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall thrive like grass; and the hand of the Lord shall be known to them that fear Him, and He shall threaten the disobedient.

and most of the brothers in the Lord, having been persuaded by my chains, are much more bold to speak the word fearlessly.

So then comfort one another with these words.

Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing.

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