Wait on the LORD; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the LORD!

Strengthen the weak hands, And make firm the feeble knees.

Say to those [who are] fearful-hearted, "Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come [with] vengeance, [With] the recompense of God; He will come and save you."

And the Lord said, "Simon, Simon! Indeed, 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 returned to [Me,] strengthen your brethren."

Therefore strengthen the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees,

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

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

Indeed we count them blessed who endure. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and seen the end [intended by] the Lord -- that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful.

The LORD will give strength to His people; The LORD 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, for all patience and longsuffering with joy;

Happy [is he] who [has] the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope [is] in the LORD 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 are in God.