Bible Verses About Consolation Under Affliction

A habitation is the eternal God, And beneath are arms age-during. And He casteth out from thy presence the enemy, and saith, `Destroy!'

That--I have known my Redeemer, The Living and the Last, For the dust he doth rise.

And after my skin hath compassed this body , Then from my flesh I see God:

Thou hast seen, For Thou perverseness and anger beholdest; By giving into Thy hand, On Thee doth the afflicted leave it , Of the fatherless Thou hast been an helper.

Also--when I walk in a valley of death-shade, I fear no evil, for Thou art with me, Thy rod and Thy staff--they comfort me.

When my father and my mother Have forsaken me, then doth Jehovah gather me.

This poor one called, and Jehovah heard, And from all his distresses saved him.

Fear Jehovah, ye His holy ones, For there is no lack to those fearing Him.

Young lions have lacked and been hungry, And those seeking Jehovah lack not any good,

Jehovah supporteth on a couch of sickness, All his bed Thou hast turned in his weakness.

Even mine ally, in whom I trusted, One eating my bread, made great the heel against me,

And Thou, Jehovah, favour me, And cause me to rise, And I give recompence to them.

By this I have known, That Thou hast delighted in me, Because my enemy shouteth not over me.

As to me, in mine integrity, Thou hast taken hold upon me, And causest me to stand before Thee to the age.

What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? Yea, art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him: The salvation of my countenance--My God!

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A heart broken and bruised, O God, Thou dost not despise.

Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am sick, And I look for a bemoaner, and there is none, And for comforters, and I have found none.

Cast me not off at the time of old age, According to the consumption of my power forsake me not.

And also unto old age and grey hairs, O God, forsake me not, Till I declare Thy strength to a generation, To every one that cometh Thy might.

Thou dost increase my greatness, And Thou surroundest--Thou comfortest me,

In the abundance of my thoughts within me, Thy comforts delight my soul.

This is my comfort in mine affliction, That Thy saying hath quickened me.

Let, I pray Thee, Thy kindness be to comfort me, According to Thy saying to Thy servant.

Consumed have been mine eyes for Thy word, Saying, `When doth it comfort me?'

And I have turned, and I see all the oppressions that are done under the sun, and lo, the tear of the oppressed, and they have no comforter; and at the hand of their oppressors is power, and they have no comforter.