Surely you have instructed many, And you have strengthened weak hands.

Your words have upheld him who was stumbling, And you have strengthened the feeble knees;

[But] I would strengthen you with my mouth, And the comfort of my lips would relieve [your grief.]

" Have pity on me, have pity on me, O you my friends, For the hand of God has struck me!

A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity.

Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.

And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with [it;] or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with [it.]

Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn with indignation?

Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

Remember the prisoners as if chained with them -- those who are mistreated -- since you yourselves are in the body also.

And Abraham said, "Because I thought, surely the fear of God [is] not in this place; and they will kill me on account of my wife.

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD. An oracle within my heart concerning the transgression of the wicked: [There is] no fear of God before his eyes.

The words of his mouth [are] wickedness and deceit; He has ceased to be wise [and] to do good.

But the other, answering, rebuked him, saying, "Do you not even fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation?