i1 [A Song of Ascents.] i0 par Many times they have afflicted me from my youth, let Israel now say:

The plowers plowed upon my back; they made their furrows long.

But I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you, who have said to your soul, Bow down so that we may pass over; and lay your back on the ground, even as the street, for those who cross over.

But now thus says Jehovah who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel; Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine.

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned; nor shall the flame consume you.

strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must enter the kingdom of God through many afflictions.

that no one should be disturbed by these afflictions; for you yourselves know that we are appointed to this.

For, in fact, we told you before when we were with you that we were about to suffer affliction, just as it happened, and you know.

to deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.

He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and secured my steps.

And He has put a new song in my mouth, praise to our God; many shall see it and fear, and shall trust in Jehovah.

Indeed He would have brought you out of the mouth of distress, into a broad place where there is no constraint; and what is set on your table would be full of fatness.

But Abraham said, Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted and you are tormented.

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.

And I said to him, Sir, you know. So he said to me, These are the ones coming out of great affliction, and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore; the sun shall not fall on them, nor any burning heat;

He turns a wilderness into pools of water, and dry land into watersprings.

and sow fields and plant vineyards, that they may yield a fruitful crop.

Then the lame shall leap like a deer, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing. For in the wilderness waters shall break out, and streams in the desert.

And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land shall become springs of water, in the habitation of dragons where they dwell, a place for grass with reeds and rushes.