Psalms 31:24

¹⁴Wait for the LORD. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for the LORD.

⁵Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD, his God,

¹¹strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy,

³Strengthen the weak hands, and make the feeble knees firm. ⁴Tell those who have a fearful heart, “Be strong! Don’t be afraid! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, God’s retribution. He will come and save you.

¹¹The LORD will give strength to his people. The LORD will bless his people with peace.

¹²Therefore lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees, ¹³and make straight paths for your feet,so what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.

³In the day that I called, you answered me. You encouraged me with strength in my soul.

¹⁰Take, brothers, for an example of suffering and of perseverance, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. ¹¹Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

³¹The Lord said, “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have all of you, that he might sift you as wheat, ³²but I prayed for you, that your faith wouldn’t fail. You, when once you have turned again, establish your brothers.”

¹²Again, Isaiah says, “There will be the root of Jesse, he who arises to rule over the Gentiles; in him the Gentiles will hope.”

¹³Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope in the power of the Holy Spirit.