Why are you in despair, O my soul,
and disturbed within me?
Hope in God, because I will again praise him,
for the salvation of his presence.
A heart of gladness will make good countenance,
but in sorrow of heart a spirit is broken.
The spirit of a man will endure his sickness,
but a broken spirit, who may bear it?
For thus says the high and lofty one who resides forever, and whose name is holy:
“I reside in a high and holy place,
and with the contrite and humble of spirit,
to revive the spirit of the humble,
and to revive the heart of the contrite.
For thus says Yahweh:
“Look! I am about to spread prosperity out to her like a river,
and the wealth of the nations like an overflowing stream,
and you shall suck and be carried on the hip;
and you shall you shall be played with on the knees.
We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing;
persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed;
Therefore we do not lose heart, but even if our outer person is being destroyed, yet our inner person is being renewed day after day.
For our momentary light affliction is producing in us an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure and proportion,
because we are not looking at what is seen, but what is not seen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is not seen is eternal.
For consider the one who endured such hostility by sinners against himself, so that you will not grow weary in your souls and give up.