Comfort

COMFORT

by HELEN STEINER RICE



ALTHOUGH IT SOMETIMES SEEMS TO
US OUR PRAYERS HAVE NOT BEEN HEARD,
GOD ALWAYS KNOWS OUR EVERY NEED
WITHOUT A SINGLE WORD.
AND HE WILL NOT FORSAKE US
EVEN THOUGH THE WAY SEEMS STEEP,
FOR ALWAYS HE IS NEAR TO US,
A TENDER WATCH TO KEEP.
AND IN GOOD TIME, HE'LL ANSWER US,
AND IN HIS LOVE HE'LL SEND
GREATER THINGS THAN WE HAVE ASKED
AND BLESSINGS WITHOUT END.
SO THOUGH WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY
TROUBLE COMES TO MAN,
CAN WE NOT BE CONTENTED
JUST TO KNOW THAT IT'S GODS PLAN?





I LIFT MY EYES TO THE HILLS. FROM WHENCE DOES
HELP COME? MY HELP COMES FROM THE LORD,
WHO MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH. HE WILL NOT LET
YOUR FOOT BE MOVED, HE WHO KEEPS YOU
WILL NOT SLUMBER.



PSALM 121:1-3







I LIFT MY HANDS TO YOU IN PRAYER.
AS A DRY LAND NEEDS RAIN, I THIRST FOR YOU.



PSALM 143:6
NCV



O GOD, YOU ARE MY GOD, I SEEK YOU,
MY SOUL THIRSTS FOR YOU;
MY FLESH FAINTS FOR YOU.



PSALM 63:1
NRSV



FOR YOUR UNFAILING LOVE
IS AS HIGH AS THE HEAVENS.
YOUR FAITHFULNESS REACHES
TO THE CLOUDS.



PSALM 57:10
NLT



SHEW THY MARVELLOUS LOVINGKINDNESS,
O THOU THAT SAVEST BY THY RIGHT HAND THEM
WHICH PUT THEIR TRUST IN THEE FROM THOSE
THAT RISE UP AGAINST THEM.



PSALM 17:7
KJV



WHEN I AM AFRAID,
I WILL PUT MY TRUST IN THEE.



PSALM 56:3
NAS



BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO HAVE
LEARNED TO ACCLAIM YOU,
WHO WALK IN THE LIGHT
OF YOUR PRESENCE, O LORD.



PSALM 89:15
NIV



HELP ME, O LORD MY GOD;
SAVE ME IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR LOVE.



PSALM 109:26
NIV



OUR SOUL WAITS FOR THE LORD;
HE IS OUR HELP AND OUR SHIELD.



PSALM 33:20
NAS



COME QUICKLY! HELP ME, O MY SAVIOR.



PSALM 38:22
TLB



GOD IS OUR REFUGE AND STRENGTH,
A VERY PRESENT HELP IN TROUBLE.



PSALM 46:1
NRSV