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1 Corinthians 4 11-1 Corinthians 4 13
Up to the present hour we are both hungry and thirsty; we are poorly clothed, roughly treated, homeless;we labor, working with our own hands. When we are reviled, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;when we are slandered, we respond graciously. Even now, we are like the scum of the earth, like everyone’s garbage.
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2 Corinthians 4 8-2 Corinthians 4 9
We are afflicted in every way but not crushed; we are perplexed but not in despair;we are persecuted but not abandoned; we are struck down but not destroyed.
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Psalms 42:7
Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your breakers and your billows have swept over me.
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Psalms 34:19
One who is righteous has many adversities, but the LORD rescues him from them all.
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Psalms 77:2-4
I sought the Lord in my day of trouble. My hands were continually lifted up all night long; I refused to be comforted.I think of God; I groan; I meditate; my spirit becomes weak. SelahYou have kept me from closing my eyes; I am troubled and cannot speak.
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Psalms 107:6
Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; he rescued them from their distress.
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Psalms 38:1-8
LORD, do not punish me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has pressed down on me.There is no soundness in my body because of your indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin.For my iniquities have flooded over my head; they are a burden too heavy for me to bear.My wounds are foul and festering because of my foolishness.I am bent over and brought very low; all day long I go around in mourning.For my insides are full of burning pain, and there is no soundness in my body.I am faint and severely crushed; I groan because of the anguish of my heart.
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Habakkuk 3:17-19
Though the fig tree does not bud and there is no fruit on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the flocks disappear from the pen and there are no herds in the stalls,yet I will celebrate in the LORD; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!The LORD my Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like those of a deer and enables me to walk on mountain heights! For the choir director: on stringed instruments.
