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Sorrow and Grief

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Jdg 11:29-40

Then the Spirit of Jehovah came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon.

And Jephthah vowed a vow unto Jehovah, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver the children of Ammon into my hand,

then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth from the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, it shall be Jehovah's, and I will offer it up for a burnt-offering.

So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and Jehovah delivered them into his hand.

And he smote them from Aroer until thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto Abelcheramim, with a very great slaughter. So the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.

And Jephthah came to Mizpah unto his house; and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; besides her he had neither son nor daughter.

And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me; for I have opened my mouth unto Jehovah, and I cannot go back.

And she said unto him, My father, thou hast opened thy mouth unto Jehovah; do unto me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth, forasmuch as Jehovah hath taken vengeance for thee on thine enemies, even on the children of Ammon.

And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may depart and go down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions.

And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she departed, she and her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.

And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew not man. And it was a custom in Israel,

that the daughters of Israel went yearly to celebrate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.

2Sa 1:17-27

And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son

(and he bade them teach the children of Judah the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jashar):

Thy glory, O Israel, is slain upon thy high places! How are the mighty fallen!

Tell it not in Gath, Publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon; Lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, Lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.

Ye mountains of Gilboa, Let there be no dew nor rain upon you, neither fields of offerings: For there the shield of the mighty was vilely cast away, The shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.

From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, The bow of Jonathan turned not back, And the sword of Saul returned not empty.

Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, And in their death they were not divided: They were swifter than eagles, They were stronger than lions.

Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, Who clothed you in scarlet delicately, Who put ornaments of gold upon your apparel.

How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! Jonathan is slain upon thy high places.

I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: Very pleasant hast thou been unto me: Thy love to me was wonderful, Passing the love of women.

How are the mighty fallen, And the weapons of war perished!

Ps 35:1-28

Strive thou, O Jehovah, with them that strive with me: Fight thou against them that fight against me.

Take hold of shield and buckler, And stand up for my help.

Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that pursue me: Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.

Let them be put to shame and brought to dishonor that seek after my soul: Let them be turned back and confounded that devise my hurt.

Let them be as chaff before the wind, And the angel of Jehovah driving on.

Let their way be dark and slippery, And the angel of Jehovah pursuing them.

For without cause have they hid for me their net a pit; Without cause have they digged for my soul.

Let destruction come upon him unawares; And let his net that he hath hid catch himself: With destruction let him fall therein.

And my soul shall be joyful in Jehovah: It shall rejoice in his salvation.

All my bones shall say, Jehovah, who is like unto thee, Who deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, Yea, the poor and the needy from him that robbeth him?

Unrighteous witnesses rise up; They ask me of things that I know not.

They reward me evil for good, the bereaving of my soul.

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I afflicted my soul with fasting; And my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother: I bowed down mourning, as one that bewaileth his mother.

But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: The abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew not; They did tear me, and ceased not:

Like the profane mockers in feasts, They gnashed upon me with their teeth.

Lord, how long wilt thou look on? Rescue my soul from their destructions, My darling from the lions.

I will give thee thanks in the great assembly: I will praise thee among much people.

Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; Neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

For they speak not peace; But they devise deceitful words against them that are quiet in the land.

Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me; They said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.

Thou hast seen it, O Jehovah; Keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.

Stir up thyself, and awake to the justice unto me, unto my cause, my God and my Lord.

Judge me, O Jehovah my God, according to thy righteousness; And let them not rejoice over me.

Let them not say in their heart, Aha, so would we have it: Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

Let them be put to shame and confounded together that rejoice at my hurt: Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me.

Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favor my righteous cause: Yea, let them say continually, Jehovah be magnified, Who hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

And my tongue shall talk of thy righteousness of thy praise all the day long.

Ps 119:1-56

Blessed are they that are perfect in the way, Who walk in the law of Jehovah.

Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, That seek him with the whole heart.

Yea, they do no unrighteousness; They walk in his ways.

Thou hast commanded thy precepts, That we should observe them diligently.

Oh that my ways were established To observe thy statutes!

Then shall I not be put to shame, When I have respect unto all thy commandments.

I will give thanks unto thee with uprightness of heart, When I learn thy righteous judgments.

I will observe thy statutes: Oh forsake me not utterly.

Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to thy word.

With my whole heart have I sought thee: Oh let me not wander from thy commandments.

Thy word have I laid up in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.

Blessed art thou, O Jehovah: Teach me thy statutes.

With my lips have I declared All the ordinances of thy mouth.

I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, As much as in all riches.

I will meditate on thy precepts, And have respect unto thy ways.

I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.

Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live; So will I observe thy word.

Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold Wondrous things out of thy law.

I am a sojourner in the earth: Hide not thy commandments from me.

My soul breaketh for the longing That it hath unto thine ordinances at all times.

Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, That do wander from thy commandments.

Take away from me reproach and contempt; For I have kept thy testimonies.

Princes also sat and talked against me; thy servant did meditate on thy statutes.

Thy testimonies also are my delight my counsellors.

My soul cleaveth unto the dust: Quicken thou me according to thy word.

I declared my ways, and thou answeredst me: Teach me thy statutes.

Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: So shall I meditate on thy wondrous works.

My soul melteth for heaviness: Strengthen thou me according unto thy word.

Remove from me the way of falsehood; And grant me thy law graciously.

I have chosen the way of faithfulness: Thine ordinances have I set .

I cleave unto thy testimonies: O Jehovah, put me not to shame.

I will run the way of thy commandments, When thou shalt enlarge my heart.

Teach me, O Jehovah, the way of thy statutes; And I shall keep it unto the end.

Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; Yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; For therein do I delight.

Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, And not to covetousness.

Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, And quicken me in thy ways.

Confirm unto thy servant thy word, Which unto the fear of thee.

Turn away my reproach whereof I am afraid; For thine ordinances are good.

Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: Quicken me in thy righteousness.

Let thy lovingkindnesses also come unto me, O Jehovah, Even thy salvation, according to thy word.

So shall I have an answer for him that reproacheth me; For I trust in thy word.

And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; For I have hoped in thine ordinances.

So shall I observe thy law continually For ever and ever.

And I shall walk at liberty; For I have sought thy precepts.

I will also speak of thy testimonies before kings, And shall not be put to shame.

And I will delight myself in thy commandments, Which I have loved.

I will lift up my hands also unto thy commandments, which I have loved; And I will meditate on thy statutes.

Remember the word unto thy servant, Because thou hast made me to hope.

This is my comfort in my affliction; For thy word hath quickened me.

The proud have had me greatly in derision: have I not swerved from thy law.

I have remembered thine ordinances of old, O Jehovah, And have comforted myself.

Hot indignation hath taken hold upon me, Because of the wicked that forsake thy law.

Thy statutes have been my songs In the house of my pilgrimage.

I have remembered thy name, O Jehovah, in the night, And have observed thy law.

This I have had, Because I have kept thy precepts.

Ecc 3:1-22

For everything there is a season, and a time for very purpose under heaven:

a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.

What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboreth?

I have seen the travail which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.

He hath made everything beautiful in its time: also he hath set eternity in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end.

I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good so long as they live.

And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.

I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor anything taken from it; and God hath done it, that men should fear before him.

That which is hath been long ago; and that which is to be hath long ago been: and God seeketh again that which is passed away.

And moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.

I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

I said in my heart, because of the sons of men, that God may prove them, and that they may see that they themselves are beasts.

For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; and man hath no preeminence above the beasts: for all is vanity.

All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

Who knoweth the spirit of man, whether it goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast, whether it goeth downward to the earth?

Wherefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

Isa 61:1-11

The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening to them that are bound;

to proclaim the year of Jehovah's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;

to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified.

And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.

And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners shall be your plowmen and your vine-dressers.

But ye shall be named the priests of Jehovah; men shall call you the ministers of our God: ye shall eat the wealth of the nations, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.

Instead of your shame double; and instead of dishonor they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess double; everlasting joy shall be unto them.

For I, Jehovah, love justice, I hate robbery with iniquity; and I will give them their recompense in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

And their seed shall be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples; all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which Jehovah hath blessed.

I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with a garland, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.

For as the earth bringeth forth its bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord Jehovah will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.

Ezk 19:1-14

Moreover, take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,

and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.

And she brought up one of her whelps: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks unto the land of Egypt.

Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.

And he went up and down among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

And he knew their palaces, and laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, because of the noise of his roaring.

Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces; and they spread their net over him; he was taken in their pit.

And they put him in a cage with hooks, and brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into strongholds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.

Thy mother was like a vine, in thy blood, planted by the waters: it was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.

And it had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and their stature was exalted among the thick boughs, and they were seen in their height with the multitude of their branches.

But it was plucked up in fury, it was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit: its strong rods were broken off and withered; the fire consumed them.

And now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.

And fire is gone out of the rods of its branches, it hath devoured its fruit, so that there is in it no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.

Mt 5:1-12

And seeing the multitudes, he went up into the mountain: and when he had sat down, his disciples came unto him:

and he opened his mouth and taught them, saying,

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called sons of God.

Blessed are they that have been persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are ye when shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets that were before you.

Rom 12:1-21

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, your spiritual service.

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, and ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think as to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to each man a measure of faith.

For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members have not the same office:

so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and severally members one of another.

And having gifts differing according to the grace that was given to us, whether prophecy, according to the proportion of our faith;

or ministry, to our ministry; or he that teacheth, to his teaching;

or he that exhorteth, to his exhorting: he that giveth, with liberality; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness.

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;

in diligence not slothful; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing stedfastly in prayer;

communicating to the necessities of the saints; given to hospitality.

Bless them that persecute you; bless, and curse not.

Rejoice with them that rejoice; weep with them that weep.

Be of the same mind one toward another. Set not your mind on high things, but condescend to things that are lowly. Be not wise in your own conceits.

Render to no man evil for evil. Take thought for things honorable in the sight of all men.

If it be possible, as much as in you lieth, be at peace with all men.

Avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give place unto the wrath : for it is written, Vengeance belongeth unto me; I will recompense, saith the Lord.

But if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him to drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head.

Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

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