August 26
Benefits of Affliction—Leads to Prayer
Scripture
KJV
O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.
ESV
Do not remember against us our former iniquities; let your compassion come speedily to meet us, for we are brought very low.
Psalm 79:8
Poem
Ah! whither could we flee for aid
When tempted, desolate, dismayed;
Or how the hosts of hell defeat,
Had suffering saints no mercy-seat?