The LORD opens the eyes of the blind The LORD raises up those who are bowed down The LORD loves the righteous Who executes justice for the oppressed Who gives food to the hungry. Who made heaven and earth, The sea and all that is in them Who keeps faith forever How blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, Whose hope is in the LORD his God, His spirit departs, he returns to the earth In that very day his thoughts perish. I will praise the LORD while I live I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.ĭo not trust in princes, In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation. Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD, O my soul! My mouth will speak the praise of the LORD, And all flesh will bless His holy name forever and ever.
The LORD keeps all who love Him, But all the wicked He will destroy. He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him He will also hear their cry and will save them. The LORD is near to all who call upon Him, To all who call upon Him in truth. The LORD is righteous in all His ways And kind in all His deeds. You open Your hand And satisfy the desire of every living thing. The eyes of all look to You, And You give them their food in due time. The LORD sustains all who fall And raises up all who are bowed down. Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, And Your dominion endures throughout all generations. To make known to the sons of men Your mighty acts And the glory of the majesty of Your kingdom. They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom And talk of Your power The LORD is good to all, And His mercies are over all His works.Īll Your works shall give thanks to You, O LORD, And Your godly ones shall bless You. The LORD is gracious and merciful Slow to anger and great in lovingkindness. They shall eagerly utter the memory of Your abundant goodness And will shout joyfully of Your righteousness. Men shall speak of the power of Your awesome acts, And I will tell of Your greatness. On the glorious splendor of Your majesty And on Your wonderful works, I will meditate. One generation shall praise Your works to another, And shall declare Your mighty acts. Great is the LORD, and highly to be praised, And His greatness is unsearchable.
I will extol You, my God, O King, And I will bless Your name forever and ever.Įvery day I will bless You, And I will praise Your name forever and ever. The signs of a true apostle were performed among you with all perseverance, by signs and wonders and miracles. Actually I should have been commended by you, for in no respect was I inferior to the most eminent apostles, even though I am a nobody. I have become foolish you yourselves compelled me. Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ's sake for when I am weak, then I am strong. That can be true of us, too.įor if I do wish to boast I will not be foolish, for I will be speaking the truth but I refrain from this, so that no one will credit me with more than he sees in me or hears from me.īecause of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me-to keep me from exalting myself!Ĭoncerning this I implored the Lord three times that it might leave me.Īnd He has said to me, ``My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness." Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. Whether in feast or famine and even when insulted and persecuted for the sake of Christ, the apostle rejoiced in his weakness because he’d learned the secret of contentment: “I can do all things through Him who strengthens me” (Phil. In suffering, we grow closer to Him, and “endurance its perfect result, so that may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing” (James 1:4). We can brave hardship and sorrow because the Almighty is with us, promising “our momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison” (2 Cor. When our strength is lacking, we begin to discover God is enough.
He prayed three times for it to be removed, but God promised only grace, explaining that His power is perfected in weakness.
We’re not told what (or who) the painful aggravation was, but it tormented and humbled him. We can become anxious and walk away from God-or we can trust Him to help us. Circumstances may not be in our control, but our response is. Sometimes they accompany us all our years and can seem unbearable. Not all our problems are that little or so easily removed. If you’ve ever had a splinter in your finger or a pebble in your shoe, you know how bothersome the pain can be.
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