Thisis my comfortin my affliction,That Your wordhas revivedme.
My soulcleavesto the dust;Reviveme according to Your word.
EstablishYour wordto Your servant,As that whichproduces reverencefor You.
May Your lovingkindnessesalso cometo me, O LORD,Your salvationaccording to Your word;
IfYour lawhad not been my delight,ThenI would have perishedin my affliction.
ThoughI walkin the midstof trouble,You will reviveme; You will stretchforthYour handagainstthe wrathof my enemies,And Your righthandwill saveme.
[I would have despaired] unlessI had believedthat I would seethe goodnessof the LORDIn the landof the living.
The LORDis my strengthand my shield;My hearttrustsin Him, and I am helped;Therefore my heartexults,And with my songI shall thankHim.
Whyare you in despair,O my soul?And whyhave you becomedisturbedwithinme? Hopein God,for I shall yetpraiseHim, The helpof my countenanceand my God.
The LORDwill commandHis lovingkindnessin the daytime;And His songwill be with me in the night,A prayerto the Godof my life.
When my anxiousthoughtsmultiplywithinme, Your consolationsdelightmy soul.
Your wordswere foundand I atethem, And Your wordsbecamefor me a joyand the delightof my heart;For I have been calledby Your name,O LORDGodof hosts.
So I prophesiedas He commandedme, and the breathcameinto them, and they cameto lifeand stoodon their feet,an exceedinglygreatarmy.
"It is the Spiritwho gives life;the fleshprofitsnothing;the wordsthat I have spokento you are spiritand are life.
For whateverwas written in earlier timeswas writtenfor our instruction,sothat throughperseveranceand the encouragementof the Scriptureswe might havehope.
In the exercise of His willHe brought us forthby the wordof truth,sothat we would be a kindof first fruitsamong His creatures.
Blessedbe the Godand Fatherof our LordJesusChrist,who accordingto His greatmercyhas caused us to be born againto a livinghopethroughthe resurrectionof JesusChristfrom the dead,
likenewbornbabies,longfor the puremilkof the word,sothat by it you may growin respectto salvation,
