Bible Verses / Old Testament / Psalms
In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, Lord, make me dwell in safety.
Do not withhold your mercy from me, Lord; may your love and faithfulness always protect me.
I desire to do your will, my God; your law is within my heart.
As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God.
Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God?
Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me.
By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me— a prayer to the God of my life.
It was not by their sword that they won the land, nor did their arm bring them victory; it was your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, for you loved them.
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”
Surely, Lord, you bless the righteous; you surround them with your favor as with a shield.
In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait expectantly.
Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise.
Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me.
Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.
When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.
In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust and am not afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?
For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth.
But I will sing of your strength, in the morning I will sing of your love; for you are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.
Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him.
“And with you, Lord, is unfailing love”; and, “You reward everyone according to what they have done.”
Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.
Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him.
Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.
My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge.
You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.
Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands.
For you, God, tested us; you refined us like silver.
I cried out to him with my mouth; his praise was on my tongue.
May God bless us still, so that all the ends of the earth will fear him.
Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens.
Sing to God, sing in praise of his name, extol him who rides on the clouds; rejoice before him—his name is the Lord. A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.
God sets the lonely in families, he leads out the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.
My lips will shout for joy when I sing praise to you— I whom you have delivered.
My mouth is filled with your praise, declaring your splendor all day long.
Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you.
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Help us, God our Savior, for the glory of your name; deliver us and forgive our sins for your name’s sake.
What is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?
Restore us, Lord God Almighty; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved.
Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.
Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
Teach me your way, Lord, that I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.
You, Lord, are forgiving and good, abounding in love to all who call to you.
I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.
Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.