Lyrics
For the choir director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah, set to Alamoth. A Song.
God is our refuge and strength,
A very present help in trouble.
pray without ceasing;
knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
The Lord is good,
A stronghold in the day of trouble,
And He knows those who take refuge in Him.
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful;
who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
Return to the stronghold, O prisoners who have the hope;
This very day I am declaring that I will restore double to you.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart
And do not lean on your own understanding.
In hope against hope he believed, so that he might become a father of many nations according to that which had been spoken, “So shall your descendants be.”
Trust in Him at all times, O people;
Pour out your heart before Him;
God is a refuge for us. Selah.
But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come.
In this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials,
But if we hope for what we do not see, with perseverance we wait eagerly for it.
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice!
When I am afraid,
I will put my trust in You.
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might.
“Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh; is anything too difficult for Me?”
we are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing;
These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.”
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful.
And looking at them Jesus said to them, “With people this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will.
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us.
indeed, we had the sentence of death within ourselves so that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead;
“Lo, for my own welfare I had great bitterness;
It is You who has kept my soul from the pit of nothingness,
For You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
