Bible Verses About Afflictions: Tempered with mercy

And He--the Merciful One, Pardoneth iniquity, and destroyeth not, And hath often turned back His anger, And waketh not up all His fury.

And He remembereth that they are flesh, A wind going on--and it returneth not.

Many times He doth deliver them, And they rebel in their counsel, And they are brought low in their iniquity.

And He looketh on their distress When He heareth their cry,

And remembereth for them His covenant, And is comforted, According to the abundance of His kindness.

And He appointeth them for mercies Before all their captors.

And therefore doth wait Jehovah to favour you, And therefore He is exalted to pity you, For a God of judgment is Jehovah, O the blessedness of all waiting for Him.

For the people in Zion dwell in Jerusalem, Weep thou not, weeping, Pitying, He pitieth thee at the voice of thy cry, When He heareth He answereth thee.

And the Lord hath given to you bread of adversity, And water of oppression. And thy directors remove no more, And thine eyes have seen thy directors,

And thine ear heareth a word behind thee, Saying, `This is the way, go ye in it,' When ye turn to the right, And when ye turn to the left.

For though He afflicted, yet He hath pitied, According to the abundance of His kindness.

And I--in Jehovah I do watch, I do wait for the God of my salvation, Hear me doth my God.

Thou dost not rejoice over me, O mine enemy, When I have fallen, I have risen, When I sit in darkness Jehovah is a light to me.

The indignation of Jehovah I do bear, For I have sinned against Him, Till that He doth plead my cause, And hath executed my judgment, He doth bring me forth to the light, I look on His righteousness.

Thus said Jehovah: Though complete, and thus many, Yet thus they have been cut off, And he hath passed away. And I afflicted thee, I afflict thee no more.