God of my Comfort

My joy has flown away,
grief has settled on me.
My heart is sick.
When I would comfort myself against sorrow,
my heart is faint in me. (Jeremiah 8:18)

People have heard me groaning,
but there is no one to comfort me...
(Lamentations 1:21)
[... not even one to assuage my sadness,
nor lessen my anguish]

If only my grief could be weighed
and my devastation placed with it on a scale. (Job 6:2)

My eyes grow weary looking for what You have promised,
I ask, “When will You comfort me?” (Psalm 119:82)

LORD, how long will you continually forget me?
How long will You hide Your face from me? (Psalm 13:1)

Turn, LORD! Rescue me;
save me because of Your faithful love. (Psalm 6:4)

May your faithful love comfort me,
as You promised Your servant (Psalm 119:76)

I am weary from grief,
strengthen me through Your word. (Psalm 119:28)

For whatever was written before...
was written for my instruction,
so that through my endurance
and through the comfort of the Scriptures
I may have hope. (Romans 15:4)

Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort…
(2 Corinthians 1:3)

This is my comfort in my affliction:
Your promise has given me life (Psalm 119:50)

You will increase my honor
and comfort me once again. (Psalm 71:21)

Even when I go through the darkest valley,
I fear no danger, for You are with me,
[God of my Comfort], your rod and staff --
they comfort me. (Psalm 23:4)

He comforts me in all my affliction,
so that I may be able to comfort those
who are in any kind of affliction,
through the comfort I myself receive from God.
(2 Corinthians 1:4)

If then there is any encouragement in Christ,
if any consolation of love,
if any fellowship with the Spirit,
if any affection and mercy,
fulfill my joy by thinking the same way,
having the same love,
sharing the same feelings,
focusing on one goal. (Philippians 2:1-2)

May our Lord Jesus Christ Himself,
and God our Father, who has loved me,
and has given me everlasting consolation
and good hope through grace,
comfort your hearts and strengthen you
in every good word and work.
( 2Thessalonians 2:16-17)