Wisdom & Truth Verses

Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:

He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.

Let the redeemed of the LORD say {so}, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;

And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south. {south: Heb. sea}

Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, {and} he delivered them out of their distresses.

For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, {being} bound in affliction and iron;

Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and {there was} none to help.

Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.

For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. {raiseth: Heb. maketh to stand}

They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.