Question 81

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Ephesians 1:13

13And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth—the gospel of your salvation—you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,

Isaiah 50:10

10Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of His Servant? Who among you walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD; let him lean on his God.

Psalms 88:1-18

1O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.

2May my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my cry.

3For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.

4I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.

5I am forsaken among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom You remember no more, who are cut off from Your care.

6You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths.

7Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me. Selah

8You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.

9My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.

10Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah

11Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon ?

12Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?

13But to You, O LORD, I cry for help; in the morning my prayer comes before You.

14Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?

15From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.

16Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me.

17All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side.

18You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.

Psalms 22:1

1My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?

Psalms 31:22

22In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.

Psalms 51:8

8Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.

Psalms 51:12

12Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and sustain me with a willing spirit.

Psalms 77:1-12

1I cried out to God; I cried aloud to God to hear me.

2In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.

3I remembered You, O God, and I groaned; I mused and my spirit grew faint. Selah

4You have kept my eyes from closing; I am too troubled to speak.

5I considered the days of old, the years long in the past.

6At night I remembered my song; in my heart I mused, and my spirit pondered:

7“Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again?

8Is His loving devotion gone forever? Has His promise failed for all time?

9Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has His anger shut off His compassion?” Selah

10So I said, “I am grieved that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”

11I will remember the works of the LORD; yes, I will remember Your wonders of old.

12I will reflect on all You have done and ponder Your mighty deeds.

Song of Solomon 5:2-3

2I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”

3I have taken off my robe— must I put it back on? I have washed my feet— must I soil them again?

Song of Solomon 5:6

6I opened for my beloved, but he had turned and gone. My heart sank at his departure. I sought him, but did not find him. I called, but he did not answer.

1 John 3:9

9Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.

Job 13:15

15Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.

Psalms 73:15

15If I had said, “I will speak this way,” then I would have betrayed Your children.

Psalms 73:23

23Yet I am always with You; You hold my right hand.

Isaiah 54:7-10

7“For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back.

8In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer.

9“For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.

10Though the mountains may be removed and the hills may be shaken, My loving devotion will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be broken,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you.