O my God, my soul is cast down within me.-PSALM xlii. 6, first clause. I said, I shall not see the Lord, even the Lord, in the land of the living. I did mourn as a dove, mine eyes fail In famine He shall redeem thee from death and in war from the power of the sword. Lo this, we have searched it, so it is: hear it, and know thou it for thy good.— JOB V. 19, 20, 27. I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you for ever: Even the Spirit of truth, Whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him not, neither knoweth Him: but ye know Him; for He dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless; I will come to you.-ST. JOHN xiv. 16-18. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with looking upward; O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me. ISAIAH xxxviii. 11 first clause, 14 after first clause. HEARING PRAYER. BUT as for me, my prayer is unto Thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time; O God, in the multitude of Thy mercy hear me, in the truth of Thy salvation.-PSALM lxix. 13. Give ear, O Lord, unto my prayer: and attend to the voice of my supplications.PSALM 1Xxxvi. 6. O Lord God of Hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob.-PSALM lxxxiv. |