1 The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me,
because the LORD has anointed me
to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim freedom for the captives
and release from darkness for the prisoners, [a]
2 to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor
…to comfort all who mourn,
Isaiah 61: 1,2 New International Version
Found at the Bible Gateway
1. In the beginning God created Heaven and Earth.
2. Now the earth was a formless void, and there was darkness over the deep, and a divine wind sweeping over the waters.
I found the excert at Catholic Online.
Another favourite quote of mine from the Bible is from Psalm 34. Verse 2 is a slight paraphrase of the original while verse 18 is a direct quote. Find the whole Paslm at The Bible Gateway. The quote is taken from the New Living Translation.
2 Let all who are discouraged take heart….
18 The Lord is close to the brokenhearted;
he rescues those whose spirits are crushed.
Here is another of my favourite exerts from the bible. As before i found the passage on The Bible Gateway. For the part about God being able to see me in the darkness especially speaks to me because i have and do struggle with being in darkness, the darkness of depression, and it’s encouraging to know God is with me then.
Form Psalm 139 the Contemporary English Version
7. Where could I go to escape
from your Spirit
or from your sight?8. If I were to climb up
to the highest heavens,
you would be there.
If I were to dig down
to the world of the dead
you would also be there.9. Suppose I had wings
like the dawning day
and flew across the ocean.10. Even then your powerful arm
would guide and protect me.11. Or suppose I said, “I’ll hide
in the dark
until night comes
to cover me over.”12. But you see in the dark God
because daylight and dark
are all the same to you.
Another of my favourite verses from the Bible, again found in the Bible Gateway.
17. The LORD your God
wins victory after victory
and is always with you.
He celebrates and sings
because of you,
and he will refresh your life
with his love.” [a]
Zephaniah 3:17 (Contemporaty English Version)
