bad days
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6For wrath is in his indignation, and life is in his will. Toward evening, weeping will linger, and toward morning, gladness.
7Cast all your cares upon him, for he takes care of you.
2My brothers, when you have fallen into various trials, consider everything a joy, 3knowing that the proving of your faith exercises patience, 4and patience brings a work to perfection, so that you may be perfect and whole, deficient in nothing.
10And the Lord has become a refuge for the poor, a helper in opportunity, in tribulation.
4For, even if I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will fear no evils. For you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they have given me consolation.
18The just cried out, and the Lord heard them, and he freed them from all their tribulations. 19The Lord is near to those who are troubled in heart, and he will save the humble in spirit.
8In all things, we endure tribulation, yet we are not in anguish. We are constrained, yet we are not destitute. 9We suffer persecution, yet we have not been abandoned. We are thrown down, yet we do not perish.
2O God, my God, look upon me. Why have you forsaken me? Far from my salvation are the words of my offenses. 3My God, I will cry out by day, and you will not heed, and by night, and it will not be foolishness for me.
28And we know that, for those who love God, all things work together unto good, for those who, in accordance with his purpose, are called to be saints.
22HETH. By the mercies of the Lord, we are not consumed. For his compassion has not passed away. 23HETH. I know it at first light; great is your faithfulness.
18For I consider that the sufferings of this time are not worthy to be compared with that future glory which shall be revealed in us.
34Therefore, do not be anxious about tomorrow; for the future day will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its evil.”
3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation. 4He consoles us in all our tribulation, so that we too may be able to console those who are in any kind of distress, through the exhortation by which we also are being exhorted by God.
17For the fig tree will not flower, and there will be no bud on the vines. The labor of the olive tree will be misleading, and the farmland will produce no food. The sheep will be cut off from the sheepfold, and there will be no herd at the manger. 18But I will rejoice in the Lord; and I will exult in God my Jesus.
13So, on a certain day, when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine, in the house of their first-born brother, 14a messenger came to Job, who said, “The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys were grazing beside them, 15and the Sabeans rushed in and carried away everything, and they struck the servants with the sword; and I alone evaded them to tell you.” 16And while he was still speaking, another arrived, and he said, “The fire of God fell from heaven, and, having struck the sheep and the servants, it consumed them; and I alone escaped to tell you.” 17And while he also was still speaking, another arrived, and he said, “The Chaldeans organized three attacks, and advanced on the camels and took them; and not only that, but they have struck the servants with the sword; and I alone fled to tell you.” 18He was still speaking, and behold, another entered, and he said, “Your sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine in the house of their first-born brother,
13So, on a certain day, when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine, in the house of their first-born brother, 14a messenger came to Job, who said, “The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys were grazing beside them, 15and the Sabeans rushed in and carried away everything, and they struck the servants with the sword; and I alone evaded them to tell you.” 16And while he was still speaking, another arrived, and he said, “The fire of God fell from heaven, and, having struck the sheep and the servants, it consumed them; and I alone escaped to tell you.” 17And while he also was still speaking, another arrived, and he said, “The Chaldeans organized three attacks, and advanced on the camels and took them; and not only that, but they have struck the servants with the sword; and I alone fled to tell you.” 18He was still speaking, and behold, another entered, and he said, “Your sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine in the house of their first-born brother,
2Our God is our refuge and strength, a helper in the tribulations that have greatly overwhelmed us.
15And call upon me in the day of tribulation. I will rescue you, and you will honor me.
33These things I have spoken to you, so that you may have peace in me. In the world, you will have difficulties. But have confidence: I have overcome the world.”
6Be anxious about nothing. But in all things, with prayer and supplication, with acts of thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known to God. 7And so shall the peace of God, which exceeds all understanding, guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.