Wait upon Jehovah; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; wait, I say, upon Jehovah!

Make the weak hands strong, and make the feeble knees secure.

Say to those of anxious heart, Be strong, fear not! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God. He will come and save you.

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 does not fail; and when you have returned, strengthen your brethren.

Therefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees,

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

My brethren, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord, as an example of suffering affliction and endurance.

Indeed we count them blessed who endure. You have heard of the endurance of Job and seen the outcome brought about by the Lord; that the Lord is very kind and merciful.

Jehovah will give strength to His people; Jehovah will bless His people with peace.

In the day when I cried out, You answered me, and made me bold with strength in my soul.

strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joy;

Blessed is he who has the Mighty God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Jehovah his God,

And again, Isaiah says: There shall be a root of Jesse; and He who shall rise to reign 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 might be in God.