I was very worried. But your comfort brought me joy.

我心里多忧多疑，你安慰我，就使我欢乐。

我心里多忧多疑，你的安慰使我欢乐。

我心里多忧多疑，你的安慰使我欢乐。

当我忧心忡忡的时候，你的抚慰带给我欢乐。

我心里充满忧虑的时候，你就安慰我，使我的心欢乐。

当我心里思虑众多时，你的安慰就使我的灵魂欢喜。

我心裏多憂多疑，你安慰我，就使我歡樂。

我心裏多憂多疑，你的安慰使我歡樂。

我心裏多憂多疑，你的安慰使我歡樂。

當我憂心忡忡的時候，你的撫慰帶給我歡樂。

我心裡充滿憂慮的時候，你就安慰我，使我的心歡樂。

我的煩亂思慮在心裏多起來，你的安慰使我喜悅。

當我心裡思慮眾多時，你的安慰就使我的靈魂歡喜。

我懷多慮、爾之慰藉娛我兮、

余懷憧擾、爾慰藉予、悅我心曲兮、

我滿懷憂愁時、主安慰我、使我心中欣喜、

愁思千萬緒。思主是一樂。

When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy.

When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul.

When doubts filled my mind, your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer.

When I am filled with cares, your comfort brings me joy.

When my anxious thoughts multiply within me, Your comfort delights my soul.

In the multitude of my anxieties within me, Your comforts delight my soul.

In the multitude of my thoughts within me Thy comforts delight my soul.

When I am filled with cares, Your comfort brings me joy.

In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.

When worries threaten to overwhelm me, your soothing touch makes me happy.

In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul.

From a place far away I call out to you. I call out as my heart gets weaker. Lead me to the safety of a rock that is high above me.

When I was in trouble, I looked to the Lord for help. During the night I lifted up my hands in prayer. But I refused to be comforted.God, I remembered you, and I groaned. I thought about you, and I became weak.You kept me from going to sleep. I was so troubled I couldn’t speak.I thought about days gone by. I thought about the years of long ago.I remembered how I used to sing praise to you in the night. I thought about it, and here is what I asked myself.“ Will the Lord turn away from us forever? Won’t he ever show us his kindness again?Has his faithful love disappeared forever? Has his promise failed for all time?Has God forgotten to help us? Has he held back his tender love because he was angry?”Then I thought,“ Here is what gives me hope. For many years the Most High God showed how powerful he is.

I listened and my heart pounded. My lips trembled at the sound. My bones seemed to rot. And my legs shook. But I will be patient. I’ll wait for the day of trouble to come on Babylon. It’s the nation that is attacking us.The fig trees might not bud. The vines might not produce any grapes. The olive crop might fail. The fields might not produce any food. There might not be any sheep in the pens. There might not be any cattle in the barns.But I will still be glad because of what the Lord has done. God my Savior fills me with joy.

He comforts us in all our troubles. Now we can comfort others when they are in trouble. We ourselves receive comfort from God.We share very much in the sufferings of Christ. So we also share very much in his comfort.

I will be as satisfied as if I had eaten the best food there is. I will sing praise to you with my mouth.As I lie on my bed I remember you. I think of you all night long.

Through faith in Jesus we have received God’s grace. In that grace we stand. We are full of joy because we expect to share in God’s glory.And that’s not all. We are full of joy even when we suffer. We know that our suffering gives us the strength to go on.The strength to go on produces character. Character produces hope.And hope will never bring us shame. That’s because God’s love has been poured into our hearts. This happened through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.

Your troubles have come in order to prove that your faith is real. Your faith is worth more than gold. That’s because gold can pass away even when fire has made it pure. Your faith is meant to bring praise, honor and glory to God. This will happen when Jesus Christ returns.Even though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not see him now, you believe in him. You are filled with a glorious joy that can’t be put into words.

You are God, my place of safety. Why have you turned your back on me? Why must I go around in sorrow? Why am I beaten down by my enemies?Send me your light and your faithful care. Let them lead me. Let them bring me back to your holy mountain, to the place where you live.Then I will go to the altar of God. I will go to God. He is my joy and my delight. God, you are my God. I will praise you by playing the lyre.My spirit, why are you so sad? Why are you so upset deep down inside me? Put your hope in God. Once again I will have reason to praise him. He is my Savior and my God.

You tricked me, Lord, and I was tricked. You overpowered me and won. People make fun of me all day long. Everyone laughs at me.Every time I speak, I cry out. All you ever tell me to talk about is fighting and trouble. Your message has brought me nothing but dishonor. It has made me suffer shame all day long.Sometimes I think,“ I won’t talk about his message anymore. I’ll never speak in his name again.” But then your message burns in my heart. It’s like a fire deep inside my bones. I’m tired of holding it in. In fact, I can’t.I hear many people whispering,“ There is terror on every side! Bring charges against Jeremiah! Let’s bring charges against him!” All my friends are waiting for me to slip. They are saying,“ Perhaps he will be tricked into making a mistake. Then we’ll win out over him. We’ll get even with him.”But you are with me like a mighty warrior. So those who are trying to harm me will trip and fall. They won’t win out over me. They will fail. They’ll be totally put to shame. Their dishonor will never be forgotten.

Here is what sinful people are like. They don’t have a care in the world. They keep getting richer and richer.It seems as if I have kept my heart pure for no reason. It didn’t do me any good to wash my hands to show that I wasn’t guilty of doing anything wrong.Day after day I’ve been in pain. God has punished me in a new way every morning.What if I had talked like that? Then I wouldn’t have been faithful to God’s children.I tried to understand it all. But it was more than I could handle.