“You have said, ‘Woe is me, because the Lord has added misery to my pain! I am worn out with groaning and have found no rest.’ ”
Let us not get tired of doing good, for we shall reap at the proper time if we don’t give up.
Therefore we do not give up. Even though our outer person is being destroyed, our inner person is being renewed day by day.
Therefore, since we have this ministry because we were shown mercy, we do not give up.
But as for you, brothers and sisters, do not grow weary in doing good.
Even if he causes suffering, he will show compassion according to the abundance of his faithful love.
Let all their wickedness come before you, and deal with them as you have dealt with me because of all my transgressions. For my groans are many, and I am sick at heart.
He sent fire from on high into my bones; he made it descend. , He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, ill all day long.
If my head were a flowing spring, my eyes a fountain of tears, I would weep day and night over the slain of my dear people.
My joy has flown away; grief has settled on me. My heart is sick.
If you do nothing in a difficult time, your strength is limited.
Today also my complaint is bitter. , His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
‘This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch: