But now trouble has come upon you, and you are weary. It strikes you, and you are dismayed.
Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.
For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me.
But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lo
Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart.
But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
If you faint in the day of distress, how small is your strength!
A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.