James 5:13
Is any one of you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.
BSB
ASV
Is any among you suffering? let him pray. Is any cheerful? let him sing praise.
KJV
Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
Is anyone among you afflicted? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing psalms. Prayer go together with affliction, so that for the one who is afflicted, the withdraw from afflictions or temptations may be lighter. Then, when through prayer it has pleased God …
Afflictions naturally draw out complaints; and to whom should we complain but to God in prayer? It is necessary to exercise faith and hope under afflictions; and prayer is the appointed means both for obtaining and increasing these graces in us.
Is any among you afflicted? - By sickness, bereavement, disappointment, persecutions, loss of health or property. The word used here refers to suffering evil of any kind, (κακοπαθεῖ kakopathei.) Let him pray - That is, prayer is appropriate to trial. The mind naturally resorts to it, and in every way it is proper. God only can remove the source of sorrow; he can grant unto us “a happy issue out of all our afflictions;” he can make them the means of sanctifying the soul. Compare 2Ch 33:12; Psa 34:4; Psa 107:6, Psa 107:13, Psa 107:
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Psalms 50:15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
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Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.
When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.
Magnify the LORD with me; let us exalt His name together.
Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.
This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They…
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Ephesians 5:19Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,
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Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to…
Let us enter His presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to Him in song.
What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a psalm or a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. All of these must be done to build up the…
