Psalms 138:3
On the day I called, You answered me; You emboldened me and strengthened my soul.
BSB
ASV
In the day that I called thou answeredst me, Thou didst encourage me with strength in my soul.
KJV
In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.
You will multiply strength in my soul. You will multiply: that is, that the soul is subject to many anxieties.
He had been in affliction, and he remembers, with thankfulness, (1.) The sweet communion he then had with God. He cried, he prayed, and prayed earnestly, and God answered him, gave him to understand that his prayer was accepted and should have a gracious return in due time. The intercourse between God and his saints is carried on by his promises and their prayers.
In the day when I cried thou answerest me. No proof is so convincing as that of experience. No man doubts the power of prayer after he has received an answer of peace to his supplication. It is the distinguishing mark of the true and living God that he hears the pleadings of his people, and answers them; the gods hear not and answer not, but Jehovah's memorial is—"the God that heareth prayer."
IT is a very grievous thing, to one who worships the only living and true God, to see others engaged in idolatrous worship. It stirs one's indignation to see a man worship—not his own hands, but what is even worse than that—the thing which he has made with his own hands and which must, therefore, be inferior to himself.
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1 Peter 5:10And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish…
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For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.
But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials
Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—
If I walk in the midst of trouble, You preserve me from the anger of my foes; You extend Your hand, and Your right hand saves me.
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Psalms 18:6In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.
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Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried out to my God. And from His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for help reached His ears.
The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.