Mal. 3.3. He shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.

Mar. 9.49. Every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.

Jno. 9.2. Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? 3. Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.

Jno. 11.4. This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.

Jno. 15.2. Every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

Jno. 21.19. This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God.

Act. 14.22. We must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.

Rom. 5.3. Tribulation worketh patience; 4. And patience, experience; and experience, hope.

Rom. 8.17. If so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. 28. All things work together for good to them that love God.

1 Cor. 11.32. We are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.

2 Cor. 1.6. Whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer.

2 Cor. 4.8. We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9. Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; 10. Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. 11. For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. 12. So then death worketh in us. 16. Though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. 17. Our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.

2 Cor. 12.7. There was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.

Phi. 1.12. The things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel; 13. So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places; 14, And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear. 19. I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ.

2 The. 1.5. That ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer. Heb. 12.6. Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 7. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

Heb. 12.9. We have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them rever

ence shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? 10. But he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.

Heb. 12.11. Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

Jas. 1.2. Count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; 3. Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. 4. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. 12. Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life.

1 Pet. 1.7. That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ.

1 Pet. 4.14. If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the Spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

Rev. 2.10. The devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. Rev. 3.19. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten.

AFFLICTION, ITS BENEFITS EXEMPLI FIED. Gen. 42.21. We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come

upon us.

Ex. 9.27. Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the Lord is righteous, and I and my people are wicked. 28. Entreat the Lord (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer. Ex. 10.7,16,17. Ex. 12.31-33.

Num. 21.7. The people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee; pray unto the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us.

Jud. 10.15. We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day.

1 Kin. 13.6. Entreat now the face of the Lord thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again.

1 Kin. 17.18. Art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son? 2 Chr. 15.4. When they in their trouble did turn unto the Lord God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.

2 Chr. 33.12. When he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, 13. And prayed unto him and he was entreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord he was God.

Ezr. 9.13. After all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God has punished us less than our iniquities deserve.

Neh. 9.33. Thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly.

Job 40.4. Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. 5. Once have I spoken, but I will not answer; yea, twice, but I will proceed no further.

Psa. 66.10. Thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. 11. Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins. 12. Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.

Psa. 78.34. When he slew them, then they sought him and they returned and inquired early after God. 35. And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.

Psa. 105.18. Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: 19. Until the time that his word came: the word of the Lord tried him.

Psa. 119.67. Before I was afflicted I went astray but now have I kept thy word. 71. It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.

Isa. 26.16. Lord, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.

Jer. 31.18. I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus: Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God.

Jer. 31.19. Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, Í smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.

Lam. 3.19. Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. 20. My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.

Hos. 6.1. Come, and let us return unto the Lord; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

Luk. 15.17. When he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough, and to spare, and I perish with hunger! 18. I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee.

Act. 8.24. Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.

See JUDGMENTS, DESIGN OF-RESIGNATION. AFFLICTION, COMFORT IN. Gen. 21.17. Fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad.

Ex. 3.7. I know their sorrows. v. 16. Deu. 33.27. The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. Job 5.18. He maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole. Job 11.16. Thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away. Job 35.10. God my maker, who giveth songs in the night.

Psa. 9.9. The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

Psa. 23.4. I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort

me.

Psa. 30.5. His anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

Psa. 31.7. Thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities.

Psa. 41.3. The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.

Psa. 42.5. Hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his counte

nance.

Psa. 55.22. Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

Psa. 69.33. The Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.

Psa. 94.19. In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.

Psa. 103.13. As a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. 14. He knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are dust.

Psa. 112.4. Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness.

Psa. 119.50. This is my comfort in my affliction for thy word hath quickened me. 52. I remembered thy judgments of old, O Lord; and have comforted myself. 54. Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. 92. Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction. 143. Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me yet thy commandments are my delights.

Psa. 147.3. He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

Isa. 25.4. Thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

Isa. 27.8. He stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.

İsa. 30.19. Thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee. 20. And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a

corner.

Isa. 40.1. Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. 2. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished. 29. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.

Isa. 41.10. I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. 13. I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. 14. Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the Lord, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

Isa. 41.17. When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. Isa. 42.3. A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench.

Isa. 50.4. That I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary. 10. Who is among you that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God. Isa. 51.3. The Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

Isa. 51.12. I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; 13. And forgettest the Lord thy maker. v. 3-13.

Isa. 54.4. Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.

Isa. 54.11. O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours.

Isa. 61.1. He hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives. 2. To comfort all that mourn; 3. To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness.

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Isa. 66.5. He shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed. 13. As one whom his mother comforteth, so will 1 comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem. And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the Lord shall be known toward his servants.

Jer. 31.13. I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow. 25. I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.

Lam. 3.56. Thou hast heard my voice: 57. Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.

Eze. 11.16. Yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary.

Hos. 2.14. I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.

Nah. 1.7. The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

Zeph. 3.18. I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly.

Zec. 1.17. The Lord shall yet comfort Zion. Mat. 5.4. Blessed are they that mourn for they shall be comforted. 10. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake for their's is the kingdom of heaven.

Mat. 11.28. Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you

rest.

Mat. 14.27. Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.

Luk. 6.21

Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now for ye shall laugh. 22. Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you. 23. Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven. Mat. 5. 11,12.

Luk. 7.13. He had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.

Jno. 14.1. Let not your heart be troubled : ye believe in God, believe also in me. 16. He shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever. 18. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. 27. My peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Jno. 15.18. If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. 20. Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you.

Jno. 16.20. Your sorrow shall be turned into joy. 22. Ye now therefore have sorrow : but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you. 33. In the world ye shall have tribulation : but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

Act. 23.11. Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.

Rom. 8.32. He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

Rom. 15.4. That we, through patience and comfort of the scriptures, might have hope.

v. 5.

2 Cor. 1.3. The Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; 4. Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. 5. As the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ. 7. As ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.

2 Cor. 7.6. God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us.

2 Cor. 12.9. My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.

1 The. 4.13. I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

2 The. 1.7. To you who are troubled rest with us.

2 The. 2.16. Our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation, and good hope through grace. 17. Comfort your hearts.

2 Tim. 4.17. The Lord stood with me, and strengthened me.

Heb. 2.18. In that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.

Heb. 4.15. Not an high-priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are.

Heb. 6.18. Strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us.

Heb. 13.5. I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Jas. 5.8. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. 1 Pet. 3.17. Better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.

1 Pet. 4.12. Think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: 13. But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. 14. If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye.

Rev. 2.9. I know thy tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich.) 10. Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. 13. Í know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is.

See GOD PROTECTOR-POOR, GOD'S CARE OF-WIDOWS.

AFFLICTION, DESCRIPTION OF. Gen. 37.29-35. Gen. 42.36-38. Job 7.2-6. Job. 9.18. Job 16.6 14. Job 17.7-16. Job 19.7-20. Job 30.15-19. Job 33.19-22. Psa. 18.4,5. Psa. 31. 9-13. Psa. 32.3,4. Psa. 39.1-4. Psa. 42.6,7. Psa. 55.4-8. Psa. 69.1-3,20. Psa. 73.10. 77.2-4. Psa. 80.5,6. Psa. 88.3-18.

3-11.

Psa.

Psa. 102. Psa. 107.4,5,10,18,25-27,39. Psa. 109. 22-24. Psa. 116.3. Psa. 141.7. Psa. 143.3,4. Pro. 12.25. Pro.13.12. Pro. 14.10. Pro. 15. 13,15. Pro. 17.22. Pro. 18.14. Isa. 1.6. 16.2. Jer. 8.21. Jer. 9.1. Jer. 22.10. 31.15. Jer. 49.23. Lam. 1.12. Lam. 3.2-10, 52-54. Eze. 21.7. Eze. 24.16. Mat. 24. 1 Cor. 4.9-13. 2 Cor. 1.8-10. 2 Cor. 2.4. 2 Cor. 4.8-11.

2 Cor. 6.4-10.

MURING.

PLIFIED.

Isa.

Jer.

2 Cor. 11.23-30. DESPONDENCY IN. See MUR

FAITH IN. See FAITH, EXEM

FROM GOD. Deu. 32.39. I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.

Ruth 1.20. The Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. 21. I went out full, and the Lord hath brought me home again empty : why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the Lord hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?

1 Sam. 2.6. The Lord killeth, and maketh alive he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.

2 Sam. 16.10. Let him curse, because the Lord hath said unto him, Curse David.

2 Kin. 6.33. This evil is of the Lord. 2 Kin. 15.5. The Lord smote the king, so that he was a leper.

Job 1.21. The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away.

Job 5.6. Affliction cometh not forth of the dust. 17. Happy is the man whom God correcteth. v. 18.

Job 6.4. The arrows of the Almighty are within me.

Job 9.12. He taketh away, who can hinder him?

Job 11.10. If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him? Job 19.6. God hath overthrown me. v. 8-13. Job 21.17. God distributeth sorrows in his

anger.

Job 23.16. God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me. Job 27.2. God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment. Job 34.29.

He hideth his face, who then

can behold him?

Psa. 66.11. Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidest affliction upon our loins. Psa. 71.20. Thou has shewed me great and sore troubles.

Psa. 88.6.

Psa. 78.33. Their days did he consume in vanity. Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness. v. 7,16. Psa. 89.38-45. Psa. 90.7. We are consumed by thine anger.

Psa. 102.10. Thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down. 23. He weakened my strength in the way.

Psa. 107.12. He brought down their heart with labour.

Isa. 45.7. I make peace, and create evil. Jer. 30.15. I have done these things unto

Isa. 8.21.

When they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.

Isa. 9.13. The people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the Lord of hosts.

Isa. 22.12. Did the Lord God of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth: 13. And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to-morrow we shall die. Isa. 26.11. Lord, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see.

Isa. 42.25. It hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.

Isa. 57.17. I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart. Jer. 2.30. In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction. 35. Thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me: behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.

Jer. 3.3. The showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.

Jer. 5.3. Thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.

Jer. 7.28. A nation that obeyeth not the voice of the Lord their God, nor receiveth correction.

Dan. 9.13. All this evil is come upon us : yet made we not our prayer before the Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniquities.

Hos. 7.9. Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not; yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not. 10. They do not return to the Lord their God, nor seek him for all this. 14. They have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds.

Hos. 9.17. My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him.

Amos 4.6. I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places; yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord. v. 7-10. 11. I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me.

Zeph. 3.2. She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction. 7. I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.

Hag. 2.17. I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith the Lord.

Rev. 9.20. The rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not.

Rev. 16.9. Blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory. 10. They gnawed their tongues for pain, 11. And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds. v. 21.

AFFLICTION, IMPENITENCE IN, EXAMPLES OF. Pharaoh, Ex. 8.19. Ex. 9.30-34. Ex. 14.5-9. Asa, 2 Chr. 16.12. Ahaz, 2 Chr. 28. 22,23. See IMPENITENCE-MIRACLES, UNBELIEF IN. PRAYERIN. Gen. 32.11. Deliver

I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, me, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him.

Gen. 43.14. God Almighty give you mercy before the man.

Ex. 17.4. What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.

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2 Sam. 12.22. While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? 1 Sam. 1.10,11.

2 Sam. 15.31. O Lord, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.

2 Kin. 19.16. Lord, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, Lord, thine eyes, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God. 19. Now therefore, O Lord our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord God, even thou only.

1 Chr. 5.20. They cried to God in the battle, and he was entreated of them; because they put their trust in him.

2 Chr. 6.29. What prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house. 30. Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling-place, and forgive.

2 Chr. 14.11. Help us, O Lord our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O Lord, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.

2 Chr. 20.12. O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee. v. 4-13.

Neh. 4.4. Hear, O our God; for we are despised and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity. v. 5,9. Neh. 6.9,14.

Neh. 9.32. Let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings.

Job 10.2. I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me. 9. Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again? v. 15.

Job 13.21. Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid. Job 16.20. My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.

Psa. 3.1. Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me. 2. Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. 7. Arise, O Lord; save me, O my God.

Psa. 4.1. Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

Psa. 5.8. Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.

Psa. 6.1. O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. 2. Have mercy upon me, O Lord; for I am weak: O Lord, heal me; for my bones are vexed. 3. My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O Lord, how long? 4. Return, O Lord, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake. v. 5-7.

Psa. 7.1. O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me: 2. Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. v. 6,7.