I have become like broken pottery. (Psalm 31:12)

Look upon my affliction and my distress and take away all my sins. (Psalm 25:18)

Preserve my life, 0 LORD, according to your word. (Psalm 119:107)

Look upon my suffering and deliver me, for I have not forgotten your law. (Psalm 119:153)

You hear, 0 LORD, the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and you listen to their cry. (Psalm 10:17)

hi my anguish I cried to the LORD, and he answered by setting me free. (Psalm 118:5)

I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for you saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul. (Psalm 31:7)

For he has not despised or disdained the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help. (Psalm 22:24)

My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life. (Psalm 119:50)

For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows. (2 Corinthians 1:5)

He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. (Isaiah 53:3)

Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because he who has suffered in his body is done with sin. (I Peter 4:1)

As a result, he does not live the rest of his earthly life for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God. (1 Peter 4:2)

Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen trouble. (Psalm 90:15)

Surely it was for my benefit that I suffered such anguish. (Isaiah 38:17)

It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees. (Psalm 119:71)

I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. (Isaiah 48:10)

We also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. (Romans 5:3-4)

I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be joy revealed in us. (Romans 8:18)

And the God of all grace, who called you to 0 his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. (1 Peter 5:10)

To him be the power for ever and ever. Amen. (1 Peter 5:11)

 **Copyright, 2002, Brian Campbell (Permission is granted to copy for personal use only.)