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 in you, when he told us of your earnest desire, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced even more.

Show me a sign for good, That those who hate me may see [it] and be ashamed, Because You, LORD, have helped me and comforted me.

And in that day you will say: "O LORD, I will praise You; Though You were angry with me, Your anger is turned away, and You comfort me.

They shall neither hunger nor thirst, Neither heat nor sun shall strike them; For He who has mercy on them will lead them, Even by the springs of water He will guide them.

For the LORD will comfort Zion, He will comfort all her waste places; He will make her wilderness like Eden, And her desert like the garden of the LORD; Joy and gladness will be found in it, Thanksgiving and the voice of melody.

" I, [even] I, [am] He who comforts you. Who [are] you that you should be afraid Of a man [who] will die, And of the son of a man [who] will be made like grass?

Break forth into joy, sing together, You waste places of Jerusalem! For the LORD has comforted His people, He has redeemed Jerusalem.

For thus says the LORD: "Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, And the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream. Then you shall feed; On [her] sides shall you be carried, And be dandled on [her] knees.

As one whom his mother comforts, So I will comfort you; And you shall be comforted in Jerusalem."

"And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever --

"I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.

"But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us and given [us] everlasting consolation and good hope by grace,

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

For 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. Or if we are comforted, [it is] for your consolation and salvation.

I acknowledged my sin to You, And my iniquity I have not hidden. I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD," And You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah

You [are] my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble; You shall surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah

My soul shall make its boast in the LORD; The humble shall hear [of it] and be glad.

I sought the LORD, and He heard me, And delivered me from all my fears.

This poor man cried out, and the LORD heard [him,] And saved him out of all his troubles.

Come [and] hear, all you who fear God, And I will declare what He has done for my soul.

"Comfort, yes, comfort My people!" Says your God.

When you see [this,] your heart shall rejoice, And your bones shall flourish like grass; The hand of the LORD shall be known to His servants, And [His] indignation to His enemies.

and most of the brethren in the Lord, having become confident by my chains, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.

Therefore 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 hang down, and the feeble knees,