Be strong, and He will strengthen your heart,
all you who wait for the Lord.
If you faint in the day of adversity,
your strength is small.
Have you not known?
Have you not heard,
that the everlasting God, the Lord,
the Creator of the ends of the earth,
does not faint, nor is He weary?
His understanding is inscrutable.
He gives power to the faint,
and to those who have no might He increases strength.
Even the youths shall faint and be weary,
and the young men shall utterly fall,
but those who wait upon the Lord
shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings as eagles,
they shall run and not be weary,
and they shall walk and not faint.
But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will boast in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
So I take pleasure in weaknesses, in reproaches, in hardships, in persecutions, and in distresses for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
I can do all things because of Christ who strengthens me.