Caravaggio, Saint Jerome Writing (c. 1605), Galleria Borghese. Public domain.
375 verses in the King James Version, showing the first 300. Word study for “god” →
Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.
Arise, O LORD ; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.
For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.
O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.
God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it .
Arise, O LORD ; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it .
Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.
Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.
I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
In my distress I called upon the LORD , and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
For I have kept the ways of the LORD , and have not wickedly departed from my God.
For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
For who is God save the LORD ? or who is a rock save our God?
It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;
We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother’s belly.
He shall receive the blessing from the LORD , and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.
Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters.
O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.
To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.
Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
But I trusted in thee, O LORD : I said, Thou art my God.
Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD ; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.
How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
For in thee, O LORD , do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
Forsake me not, O LORD : O my God, be not far from me.
And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it , and fear, and shall trust in the LORD .
Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them , they are more than can be numbered.
I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.
As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
When I remember these things , I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.
If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.
For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.
God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.
The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.
Great is the LORD , and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.
None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
The mighty God, even the LORD , hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.
Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.
God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.
God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.
Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.
There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.
Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength.
Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul.
Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.
As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.
God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.
When I cry unto thee , then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.
In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word.
In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.
For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.
I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me.
He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.
My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth.
Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD .
So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.
Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.
Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.
The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.
Consume them in wrath, consume them , that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah.
Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy.
O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.
God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off? and thou , O God, which didst not go out with our armies?
Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.
Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.
For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.
He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.
Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.
My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God.
O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.
Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed.
By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:
Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:
Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.
Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men.
O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:
For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.
Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us.
God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.
Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name Jah , and rejoice before him.
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land .
O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:
The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.
Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.
The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan.
Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.
The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place .
Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them .
Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.
He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death.
But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.
They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.
Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.
Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.
Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah:
Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.
O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.
Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.
Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.
But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD , in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.
For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.
Make haste , O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD .
Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.
But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD , make no tarrying.
Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD : thou art my trust from my youth.
Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him .
O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD : I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.
O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!
I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.
Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king’s son.
Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.
Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD , that I may declare all thy works.
O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.
O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.
But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel.
At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.
When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.
Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.
I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me.
I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?
Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy strength among the people.
The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.
That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:
The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.
When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.
And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
When God heard this , he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name’s sake.
Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.
Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.
Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.
Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.
O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD : my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.
They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.
I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.
