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Is any among you afflicted? let him prayi. Is any merry? let him sing psalmsl.

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2 Chron. 33:12• ¹²And when he was in affliction, he besought Jehovah his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, (2 Chron. 33:12)

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Jonah 2:2• ²and he said: I cried by reason of my distress unto Jehovah, and he answered me; Out of the belly of Sheol cried I: thou heardest my voice. (Jonah 2:2)

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Eph. 5:19• ¹⁹speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and chanting with your heart to the Lord; (Eph. 5:19)

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2 Chron. 33:12‑13• ¹²And when he was in affliction, he besought Jehovah his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
¹³and prayed to him. And he was intreated of him and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that Jehovah, he was God. (2 Chron. 33:12‑13)

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Job 33:26• ²⁶He shall pray unto +God, and he will receive him with favour; and he shall see his face with shoutings, and he will render unto man his righteousness. (Job 33:26)

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Psa. 18:6• ⁶In my distress I called upon Jehovah, and I cried out to my God; he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, into his ears. (Psa. 18:6)

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Psa. 50:15• ¹⁵And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. (Psa. 50:15)

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Psa. 91:15• ¹⁵He shall call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honour him. (Psa. 91:15)

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Psa. 116:3‑5• ³The bands of death encompassed me, and the anguish of Sheol took hold of me; I found trouble and sorrow:
⁴Then called I upon the name of Jehovah: I beseech thee, Jehovah, deliver my soul.
⁵Gracious is Jehovah and righteous; and our God is merciful. (Psa. 116:3‑5)

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Psa. 118:5• ⁵I called upon Jah in distress; Jah answered me and set me in a large place. (Psa. 118:5)

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Psa. 142:1‑3• ¹An instruction of David; when he was in the cave: a prayer. I cry unto Jehovah with my voice: with my voice unto Jehovah do I make supplication.
²I pour out my plaint before him; I shew before him my trouble.
³When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then *thou* knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they hidden a snare for me. (Psa. 142:1‑3)

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Lam. 3:55‑56• ⁵⁵I called upon thy name, Jehovah, out of the lowest pit.
⁵⁶Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my sighing, at my cry. (Lam. 3:55‑56)

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Hos. 6:1• ¹Come and let us return unto Jehovah: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. (Hos. 6:1)

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Jonah 2:2,7• ²and he said: I cried by reason of my distress unto Jehovah, and he answered me; Out of the belly of Sheol cried I: thou heardest my voice.
⁷When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Jehovah; And my prayer came in unto thee, Into thy holy temple. (Jonah 2:2,7)

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Luke 22:44• ⁴⁴And being in conflict he prayed more intently. And his sweat became as great drops of blood, falling down upon the earth. (Luke 22:44)

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Luke 23:42• ⁴²And he said to Jesus, Remember me, Lord, when thou comest in thy kingdom. (Luke 23:42)

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Acts 16:24‑25• ²⁴who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and secured their feet to the stocks.
²⁵And at midnight Paul and Silas, in praying, were praising God with singing, and the prisoners listened to them. (Acts 16:24‑25)

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2 Cor. 12:7‑10• ⁷And that I might not be exalted by the exceeding greatness of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn for the flesh, a messenger of Satan that he might buffet me, that I might not be exalted.
⁸For this I thrice besought the Lord that it might depart from me.
⁹And he said to me, My grace suffices thee; for my power is perfected in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my weaknesses, that the power of the Christ may dwell upon me.
¹⁰Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in necessities, in persecutions, in straits, for Christ: for when I am weak, then I am powerful. (2 Cor. 12:7‑10)

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Heb. 5:7• ⁷Who in the days of his flesh, having offered up both supplications and entreaties to him who was able to save him out of death, with strong crying and tears; (and having been heard because of his piety;) (Heb. 5:7)

any merry.

Judg. 16:23‑25• ²³Then the lords of the Philistines gathered together to sacrifice a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, Our god has given Samson our enemy into our hands.
²⁴And when the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, Our god has given into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, even him who multiplied our slain.
²⁵And it came to pass when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison-house, and he played before them; and they set him between the pillars. (Judg. 16:23‑25)

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Dan. 5:4• ⁴They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone. (Dan. 5:4)

let him sing.

1 Chron. 16:9• ⁹Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him; Meditate upon all his wondrous works. (1 Chron. 16:9)

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Psa. 95:2• ²Let us come before his face with thanksgiving; let us shout aloud unto him with psalms. (Psa. 95:2)

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Psa. 105:2• ²Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him; meditate upon all his wondrous works. (Psa. 105:2)

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Mic. 4:5• ⁵For all the peoples will walk every one in the name of his god; but we will walk in the name of Jehovah, our God for ever and ever. (Mic. 4:5)

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Matt. 26:30• ³⁰And having sung a hymn, they went out to the mount of Olives. (Matt. 26:30)

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1 Cor. 14:26• ²⁶What is it then, brethren? whenever ye come together, each of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretation. Let all things be done to edification. (1 Cor. 14:26)

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Eph. 5:19• ¹⁹speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and chanting with your heart to the Lord; (Eph. 5:19)

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Col. 3:16‑17• ¹⁶Let the word of the Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another, in psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to God.
¹⁷And everything, whatever ye may do in word or in deed, do all things in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father by him. (Col. 3:16‑17)

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Rev. 5:9‑14• ⁹And they sing a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open its seals; because thou hast been slain, and hast redeemed to God, by thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation,
¹⁰and made them to our God kings and priests; and they shall reign over the earth.
¹¹And I saw, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and their number was ten thousands of ten thousands and thousands of thousands;
¹²saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that has been slain, to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
¹³And every creature which is in the heaven and upon the earth and under the earth, and those that are upon the sea, and all things in them, heard I saying, To him that sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb, blessing, and honour, and glory, and might, to the ages of ages.
¹⁴And the four living creatures said, Amen; and the elders fell down and did homage. (Rev. 5:9‑14)

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Rev. 7:10• ¹⁰And they cry with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God who sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb. (Rev. 7:10)

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Rev. 14:3• ³and they sing a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures and the elders. And no one could learn that song save the hundred and forty-four thousand who were bought from the earth. (Rev. 14:3)

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Rev. 19:1‑6• ¹After these things I heard as a loud voice of a great multitude in the heaven, saying, Hallelujah: the salvation and the glory and the power of our God:
²for true and righteous are his judgments; for he has judged the great harlot which corrupted the earth with her fornication, and has avenged the blood of his bondmen at her hand.
³And a second time they said, Hallelujah. And her smoke goes up to the ages of ages.
⁴And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and did homage to God who sits upon the throne, saying, Amen, Hallelujah.
⁵And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his bondmen, and ye that fear him, small and great.
⁶And I heard as a voice of a great crowd, and as a voice of many waters, and as a voice of strong thunders, saying, Hallelujah, for the Lord our God the Almighty has taken to himself kingly power. (Rev. 19:1‑6)

• If any were afflicted, let them pray (God was ready to hear). (“James 5” by J.N. Darby)

• Our natural tendency is to revile when reviled, to meet charges with counter-charges, and malice with malice. This is simply to meet flesh with flesh. God's way for us is very different and very simple. In the presence of every wrong we have a God-given resource. Instead of taking things into our own hands, we are to take them to God in prayer. (“The Coming of the Lord: James 5” by H. Smith)

• Our joys as our sorrows are to be the occasion of turning to God. (“The Coming of the Lord: James 5” by H. Smith)

• {suffer evil} The resource of the afflicted saint is prayer. We do not always realize this. So often we merely betake ourselves to kindly friends, who will listen to the recital of our troubles, or to wealthy and influential friends, who perchance may be able to help us in our troubles, and prayer falls into the background. (“James 5” by F.B. Hole)

• Psalms, by which we understand any poetical or metrical composition of a spiritual sort which can be set to music. The happy heart sings, and the happy Christian is to be no exception in this. (“James 5” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Does any one among you suffer evil? let him pray. Is any happy? let him sing psalms.

W. Kelly Translation

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Doth any among you suffer trouble? Let him pray. Is any happy? Let him sing praisea.

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Is it not praise, not psalms, that the cheerful soul was to sing?