Bible Verses About Afflicted Saints

My lips will shout for joy; I will sing your praise, because you have redeemed me.

but sent a man ahead of them -Yosef, who was sold as a slave.

They shackled his feet with chains, and they bound him in irons;

until the time when his word proved true, God's utterance kept testing him.

My soul, return to your rest! For ADONAI has been generous toward you.

Yes, you have rescued me from death, my eyes from tears and my feet from falling.

I will go on walking in the presence of ADONAI in the lands of the living.

My son, don't despise ADONAI's discipline or resent his reproof;

The wicked is trapped by his own sinful speech, but the righteous finds a way out of trouble.

For you have been a refuge for the poor, a refuge for the needy in distress, shelter from the storm, shade from the heat for the blast from the ruthless was like a storm that could destroy a wall.

When you pass through water, I will be with you; when you pass through rivers, they will not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire, you will not be scorched - the flame will not burn you.

Sing, heaven! Rejoice, earth! Break out in song, you mountains! For ADONAI is comforting his people, having mercy on his own who have suffered.

to proclaim the year of the favor of ADONAI and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn,

In all their troubles he was troubled; then the Angel of His Presence saved them; in his love and pity he redeemed them. He had lifted them up and carried them throughout the days of old.

You favored those who were glad to do justice, those who remembered you in your ways. When you were angry, we kept sinning; but if we keep your ancient ways, we will be saved.

All of us are like someone unclean, all our righteous deeds like menstrual rags; we wither, all of us, like leaves; and our misdeeds blow us away like the wind.

No one calls on your name or bestirs himself to take hold of you, for you have hidden your face from us and caused our misdeeds to destroy us.

ADONAI, my strength, my fortress, my refuge in time of trouble, the nations will come to you from the ends of the earth, saying, "Our ancestors inherited nothing but lies, futile idols, completely useless."

"Then the virgin will dance for joy, young men and old men together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, comfort and gladden them after their sorrow.

But at that time I will rescue you," says ADONAI, "and I will not hand you over to the men you fear.

Yes, I will keep you safe; you will not fall by the sword, but you will escape with your life, because you have put your trust in me," says ADONAI.'"

For from the north a nation is marching against her that will desolate her land. No one will live there - both humans and animals have fled and gone.

In those days, at that time," says ADONAI, "the people of Isra'el will come, together with the people of Y'hudah. They will weep as they go their way, seeking ADONAI their God.

Why should anyone alive complain, even a strong man, about the punishment for his sins?

Come, let us return to ADONAI; for he has torn, and he will heal us; he has struck, and he will bind our wounds.