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κύριε — 541x G2962 κύριος
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Occurrences: 541 times in 498 verses
Speech: Noun
Parsing: Vocative Singular Masculine
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:8 - But Abram replied, “O Sovereign LORD, how can I be sure that I will actually possess it?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:3 - “My lord,” he said, “if it pleases you, stop here for a while.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:30 - “Please don't be angry, my Lord,” Abraham pleaded. “Let me speak—suppose only thirty righteous people are found?”
And the LORD replied, “I will not destroy it if I find thirty.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:32 - Finally, Abraham said, “Lord, please don't be angry with me if I speak one more time. Suppose only ten are found there?”
And the LORD replied, “Then I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:18 - “Oh no, my lord!” Lot begged.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:4 - But Abimelech had not slept with her yet, so he said, “Lord, will you destroy an innocent nation?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:6 - “Listen, my lord, you are an honored prince among us. Choose the finest of our tombs and bury her there. No one here will refuse to help you in this way.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:11 - “No, my lord,” he said to Abraham, “please listen to me. I will give you the field and the cave. Here in the presence of my people, I give it to you. Go and bury your dead.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:15 - “My lord, please listen to me. The land is worth 400 pieces[fn] of silver, but what is that between friends? Go ahead and bury your dead.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:12 - “O LORD, God of my master, Abraham,” he prayed. “Please give me success today, and show unfailing love to my master, Abraham.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:18 - “Yes, my lord,” she answered, “have a drink.” And she quickly lowered her jug from her shoulder and gave him a drink.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:42 - “So today when I came to the spring, I prayed this prayer: ‘O LORD, God of my master, Abraham, please give me success on this mission.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:35 - she said to her father, “Please, sir, forgive me if I don't get up for you. I'm having my monthly period.” So Laban continued his search, but he could not find the household idols.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:9 - Then Jacob prayed, “O God of my grandfather Abraham, and God of my father, Isaac—O LORD, you told me, ‘Return to your own land and to your relatives.' And you promised me, ‘I will treat you kindly.'
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:8 - “And what were all the flocks and herds I met as I came?” Esau asked.
Jacob replied, “They are a gift, my lord, to ensure your friendship.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:15 - “All right,” Esau said, “but at least let me assign some of my men to guide and protect you.”
Jacob responded, “That's not necessary. It's enough that you've received me warmly, my lord!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:10 - “No, my lord!” they exclaimed. “Your servants have simply come to buy food.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:20 - “Sir,” they said, “we came to Egypt once before to buy food.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:18 - Then Judah stepped forward and said, “Please, my lord, let your servant say just one word to you. Please, do not be angry with me, even though you are as powerful as Pharaoh himself.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:19 - “My lord, previously you asked us, your servants, ‘Do you have a father or a brother?'
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:10 - But Moses pleaded with the LORD, “O Lord, I'm not very good with words. I never have been, and I'm not now, even though you have spoken to me. I get tongue-tied, and my words get tangled.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:13 - But Moses again pleaded, “Lord, please! Send anyone else.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:22 - Then Moses went back to the LORD and protested, “Why have you brought all this trouble on your own people, Lord? Why did you send me?
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:6 - “Your right hand, O LORD,
is glorious in power.
Your right hand, O LORD,
smashes the enemy.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:11 - “Who is like you among the gods, O LORD
glorious in holiness,
awesome in splendor,
performing great wonders?
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:16 - terror and dread fall upon them.
The power of your arm
makes them lifeless as stone
until your people pass by, O LORD,
until the people you purchased pass by.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:17 - You will bring them in and plant them on your own mountain—
the place, O LORD, reserved for your own dwelling,
the sanctuary, O Lord, that your hands have established.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:11 - But Moses tried to pacify the LORD his God. “O LORD!” he said. “Why are you so angry with your own people whom you brought from the land of Egypt with such great power and such a strong hand?
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:22 - “Don't get so upset, my lord,” Aaron replied. “You yourself know how evil these people are.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:31 - So Moses returned to the LORD and said, “Oh, what a terrible sin these people have committed. They have made gods of gold for themselves.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:35 - And whenever the Ark set out, Moses would shout, “Arise, O LORD, and let your enemies be scattered! Let them flee before you!”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:36 - And when the Ark was set down, he would say, “Return, O LORD, to the countless thousands of Israel!”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:28 - Joshua son of Nun, who had been Moses' assistant since his youth, protested, “Moses, my master, make them stop!”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:11 - he cried out to Moses, “Oh, my master! Please don't punish us for this sin we have so foolishly committed.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:14 - Now if you destroy them, the Egyptians will send a report to the inhabitants of this land, who have already heard that you live among your people. They know, LORD, that you have appeared to your people face to face and that your pillar of cloud hovers over them. They know that you go before them in the pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:17 - “Please, Lord, prove that your power is as great as you have claimed. For you said,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:24 - ‘O Sovereign LORD, you have only begun to show your greatness and the strength of your hand to me, your servant. Is there any god in heaven or on earth who can perform such great and mighty deeds as you do?
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:26 - I prayed to the LORD and said, ‘O Sovereign LORD, do not destroy them. They are your own people. They are your special possession, whom you redeemed from Egypt by your mighty power and your strong hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:8 - O LORD, forgive your people Israel whom you have redeemed. Do not charge your people with the guilt of murdering an innocent person.' Then they will be absolved of the guilt of this person's blood.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:10 - And now, O LORD, I have brought you the first portion of the harvest you have given me from the ground.' Then place the produce before the LORD your God, and bow to the ground in worship before him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:7 - Moses said this about the tribe of Judah:
“O LORD, hear the cry of Judah
and bring them together as a people.
Give them strength to defend their cause;
help them against their enemies!”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:11 - Bless the ministry of the Levites, O LORD,
and accept all the work of their hands.
Hit their enemies where it hurts the most;
strike down their foes so they never rise again.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:7 - Then Joshua cried out, “Oh, Sovereign LORD, why did you bring us across the Jordan River if you are going to let the Amorites kill us? If only we had been content to stay on the other side!
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:4 - “LORD, when you set out from Seir
and marched across the fields of Edom,
the earth trembled,
and the cloudy skies poured down rain.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:13 - “Down from Tabor marched the few against the nobles.
The people of the LORD marched down against mighty warriors.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:31 - “LORD, may all your enemies die like Sisera!
But may those who love you rise like the sun in all its power!” Then there was peace in the land for forty years.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:13 - “Sir,” Gideon replied, “if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all the miracles our ancestors told us about? Didn't they say, ‘The LORD brought us up out of Egypt'? But now the LORD has abandoned us and handed us over to the Midianites.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:15 - “But Lord,” Gideon replied, “how can I rescue Israel? My clan is the weakest in the whole tribe of Manasseh, and I am the least in my entire family!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:22 - When Gideon realized that it was the angel of the LORD, he cried out, “Oh, Sovereign LORD, I'm doomed! I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:15 - But the Israelites pleaded with the LORD and said, “We have sinned. Punish us as you see fit, only rescue us today from our enemies.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:8 - Then Manoah prayed to the LORD, saying, “Lord, please let the man of God come back to us again and give us more instructions about this son who is to be born.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:28 - Then Samson prayed to the LORD, “Sovereign LORD, remember me again. O God, please strengthen me just one more time. With one blow let me pay back the Philistines for the loss of my two eyes.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:3 - “O LORD, God of Israel,” they cried out, “why has this happened in Israel? Now one of our tribes is missing from Israel!”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:13 - “I hope I continue to please you, sir,” she replied. “You have comforted me by speaking so kindly to me, even though I am not one of your workers.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:8 - “Why are you crying, Hannah?” Elkanah would ask. “Why aren't you eating? Why be downhearted just because you have no children? You have me—isn't that better than having ten sons?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:11 - And she made this vow: “O LORD of Heaven's Armies, if you will look upon my sorrow and answer my prayer and give me a son, then I will give him back to you. He will be yours for his entire lifetime, and as a sign that he has been dedicated to the LORD, his hair will never be cut.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:15 - “Oh no, sir!” she replied. “I haven't been drinking wine or anything stronger. But I am very discouraged, and I was pouring out my heart to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:26 - “Sir, do you remember me?” Hannah asked. “I am the woman who stood here several years ago praying to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:9 - So he said to Samuel, “Go and lie down again, and if someone calls again, say, ‘Speak, LORD, your servant is listening.'” So Samuel went back to bed.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:7 - they panicked. “The gods have[fn] come into their camp!” they cried. “This is a disaster! We have never had to face anything like this before!
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:41 - Then Saul prayed, “O LORD, God of Israel, please show us who is guilty and who is innocent.[fn]” Then they cast sacred lots, and Jonathan and Saul were chosen as the guilty ones, and the people were declared innocent.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:12 - When they arrived, Saul shouted at him, “Listen to me, you son of Ahitub!”
“What is it, my king?” Ahimelech asked.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:10 - Then David prayed, “O LORD, God of Israel, I have heard that Saul is planning to come and destroy Keilah because I am here.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:11 - Will the leaders of Keilah betray me to him?[fn] And will Saul actually come as I have heard? O LORD, God of Israel, please tell me.”
And the LORD said, “He will come.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:8 - David came out and shouted after him, “My lord the king!” And when Saul looked around, David bowed low before him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:26 - “Now, my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, since the LORD has kept you from murdering and taking vengeance into your own hands, let all your enemies and those who try to harm you be as cursed as Nabal is.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:17 - Saul recognized David's voice and called out, “Is that you, my son David?”
And David replied, “Yes, my lord the king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:18 - Then King David went in and sat before the LORD and prayed, “Who am I, O Sovereign LORD, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far?
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:19 - And now, Sovereign LORD, in addition to everything else, you speak of giving your servant a lasting dynasty! Do you deal with everyone this way, O Sovereign LORD?[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:20 - “What more can I say to you? You know what your servant is really like, Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:22 - “How great you are, O Sovereign LORD! There is no one like you. We have never even heard of another God like you!
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:24 - You made Israel your very own people forever, and you, O LORD, became their God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:25 - “And now, O LORD God, I am your servant; do as you have promised concerning me and my family. Confirm it as a promise that will last forever.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:27 - “O LORD of Heaven's Armies, God of Israel, I have been bold enough to pray this prayer to you because you have revealed all this to your servant, saying, ‘I will build a house for you—a dynasty of kings!'
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:28 - For you are God, O Sovereign LORD. Your words are truth, and you have promised these good things to your servant.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:29 - And now, may it please you to bless the house of your servant, so that it may continue forever before you. For you have spoken, and when you grant a blessing to your servant, O Sovereign LORD, it is an eternal blessing!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:31 - When someone told David that his adviser Ahithophel was now backing Absalom, David prayed, “O LORD, let Ahithophel give Absalom foolish advice!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:2 - He sang:
“The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my savior;
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:29 - O LORD, you are my lamp.
The LORD lights up my darkness.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:50 - For this, O LORD, I will praise you among the nations;
I will sing praises to your name.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:17 - “The LORD forbid that I should drink this!” he exclaimed. “This water is as precious as the blood of these men[fn] who risked their lives to bring it to me.” So David did not drink it. These are examples of the exploits of the Three.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:10 - But after he had taken the census, David's conscience began to bother him. And he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly by taking this census. Please forgive my guilt, LORD, for doing this foolish thing.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:7 - “Now, O LORD my God, you have made me king instead of my father, David, but I am like a little child who doesn't know his way around.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:17 - “Please, my lord,” one of them began, “this woman and I live in the same house. I gave birth to a baby while she was with me in the house.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:26 - Then the woman who was the real mother of the living child, and who loved him very much, cried out, “Oh no, my lord! Give her the child—please do not kill him!”
But the other woman said, “All right, he will be neither yours nor mine; divide him between us!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:23 - and he prayed, “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like you in all of heaven above or on the earth below. You keep your covenant and show unfailing love to all who walk before you in wholehearted devotion.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:25 - “And now, O LORD, God of Israel, carry out the additional promise you made to your servant David, my father. For you said to him, ‘If your descendants guard their behavior and faithfully follow me as you have done, one of them will always sit on the throne of Israel.'
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:26 - Now, O God of Israel, fulfill this promise to your servant David, my father.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:28 - Nevertheless, listen to my prayer and my plea, O LORD my God. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is making to you today.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:53 - For when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt, O Sovereign LORD, you told your servant Moses that you had set Israel apart from all the nations of the earth to be your own special possession.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:20 - Then Elijah cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, why have you brought tragedy to this widow who has opened her home to me, causing her son to die?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:21 - And he stretched himself out over the child three times and cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, please let this child's life return to him.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:36 - At the usual time for offering the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet walked up to the altar and prayed, “O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,[fn] prove today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant. Prove that I have done all this at your command.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:37 - O LORD, answer me! Answer me so these people will know that you, O LORD, are God and that you have brought them back to yourself.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:4 - Then he went on alone into the wilderness, traveling all day. He sat down under a solitary broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors who have already died.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:4 - “All right, my lord the king,” Israel's king replied. “All that I have is yours!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:5 - But as one of them was cutting a tree, his ax head fell into the river. “Oh, sir!” he cried. “It was a borrowed ax!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:15 - When the servant of the man of God got up early the next morning and went outside, there were troops, horses, and chariots everywhere. “Oh, sir, what will we do now?” the young man cried to Elisha.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:17 - Then Elisha prayed, “O LORD, open his eyes and let him see!” The LORD opened the young man's eyes, and when he looked up, he saw that the hillside around Elisha was filled with horses and chariots of fire.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:20 - As soon as they had entered Samaria, Elisha prayed, “O LORD, now open their eyes and let them see.” So the LORD opened their eyes, and they discovered that they were in the middle of Samaria.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:26 - One day as the king of Israel was walking along the wall of the city, a woman called to him, “Please help me, my lord the king!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:5 - And Gehazi was telling the king about the time Elisha had brought a boy back to life. At that very moment, the mother of the boy walked in to make her appeal to the king about her house and land.
“Look, my lord the king!” Gehazi exclaimed. “Here is the woman now, and this is her son—the very one Elisha brought back to life!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:15 - And Hezekiah prayed this prayer before the LORD: “O LORD, God of Israel, you are enthroned between the mighty cherubim! You alone are God of all the kingdoms of the earth. You alone created the heavens and the earth.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:16 - Bend down, O LORD, and listen! Open your eyes, O LORD, and see! Listen to Sennacherib's words of defiance against the living God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:17 - “It is true, LORD, that the kings of Assyria have destroyed all these nations.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:19 - Now, O LORD our God, rescue us from his power; then all the kingdoms of the earth will know that you alone, O LORD, are God.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:3 - “Remember, O LORD, how I have always been faithful to you and have served you single-mindedly, always doing what pleases you.” Then he broke down and wept bitterly.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:16 - Then King David went in and sat before the LORD and prayed, “Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far?
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:17 - And now, O God, in addition to everything else, you speak of giving your servant a lasting dynasty! You speak as though I were someone very great,[fn] O LORD God!
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:20 - “O LORD, there is no one like you. We have never even heard of another God like you!
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:22 - You chose Israel to be your very own people forever, and you, O LORD, became their God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:23 - “And now, O LORD, I am your servant; do as you have promised concerning me and my family. May it be a promise that will last forever.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:24 - And may your name be established and honored forever so that everyone will say, ‘The LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, is Israel's God!' And may the house of your servant David continue before you forever.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:25 - “O my God, I have been bold enough to pray to you because you have revealed to your servant that you will build a house for him—a dynasty of kings!
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:26 - For you are God, O LORD. And you have promised these good things to your servant.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:27 - And now, it has pleased you to bless the house of your servant, so that it will continue forever before you. For when you grant a blessing, O LORD, it is an eternal blessing!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:17 - And David said to God, “I am the one who called for the census! I am the one who has sinned and done wrong! But these people are as innocent as sheep—what have they done? O LORD my God, let your anger fall against me and my family, but do not destroy your people.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:10 - Then David praised the LORD in the presence of the whole assembly: “O LORD, the God of our ancestor Israel,[fn] may you be praised forever and ever!
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:11 - Yours, O LORD, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty. Everything in the heavens and on earth is yours, O LORD, and this is your kingdom. We adore you as the one who is over all things.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:12 - Wealth and honor come from you alone, for you rule over everything. Power and might are in your hand, and at your discretion people are made great and given strength.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:13 - “O our God, we thank you and praise your glorious name!
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:16 - “O LORD our God, even this material we have gathered to build a Temple to honor your holy name comes from you! It all belongs to you!
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:17 - I know, my God, that you examine our hearts and rejoice when you find integrity there. You know I have done all this with good motives, and I have watched your people offer their gifts willingly and joyously.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:18 - “O LORD, the God of our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, make your people always want to obey you. See to it that their love for you never changes.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:9 - O LORD God, please continue to keep your promise to David my father, for you have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth!
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:14 - He prayed, “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like you in all of heaven and earth. You keep your covenant and show unfailing love to all who walk before you in wholehearted devotion.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:16 - “And now, O LORD, God of Israel, carry out the additional promise you made to your servant David, my father. For you said to him, ‘If your descendants guard their behavior and faithfully follow my Law as you have done, one of them will always sit on the throne of Israel.'
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:17 - Now, O LORD, God of Israel, fulfill this promise to your servant David.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:19 - Nevertheless, listen to my prayer and my plea, O LORD my God. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is making to you.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:40 - “O my God, may your eyes be open and your ears attentive to all the prayers made to you in this place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:41 - “And now arise, O LORD God, and enter your resting place, along with the Ark, the symbol of your power. May your priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation; may your loyal servants rejoice in your goodness.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:42 - O LORD God, do not reject the king you have anointed. Remember your unfailing love for your servant David.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:11 - Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God, “O LORD, no one but you can help the powerless against the mighty! Help us, O LORD our God, for we trust in you alone. It is in your name that we have come against this vast horde. O LORD, you are our God; do not let mere men prevail against you!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:6 - He prayed, “O LORD, God of our ancestors, you alone are the God who is in heaven. You are ruler of all the kingdoms of the earth. You are powerful and mighty; no one can stand against you!
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:12 - O our God, won't you stop them? We are powerless against this mighty army that is about to attack us. We do not know what to do, but we are looking to you for help.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:6 - I prayed, “O my God, I am utterly ashamed; I blush to lift up my face to you. For our sins are piled higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached to the heavens.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:15 - O LORD, God of Israel, you are just. We come before you in our guilt as nothing but an escaped remnant, though in such a condition none of us can stand in your presence.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:5 - Then I said, “O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps his covenant of unfailing love with those who love him and obey his commands,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:11 - O Lord, please hear my prayer! Listen to the prayers of those of us who delight in honoring you. Please grant me success today by making the king favorable to me.[fn] Put it into his heart to be kind to me.” In those days I was the king's cup-bearer.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:2 - When he saw Queen Esther standing there in the inner court, he welcomed her and held out the gold scepter to her. So Esther approached and touched the end of the scepter.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:4 - You said, ‘Listen and I will speak!
I have some questions for you,
and you must answer them.'
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:1 - A psalm of David, regarding the time David fled from his son Absalom.

O LORD, I have so many enemies;
so many are against me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:3 - But you, O LORD, are a shield around me;
you are my glory, the one who holds my head high.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:7 - Arise, O LORD!
Rescue me, my God!
Slap all my enemies in the face!
Shatter the teeth of the wicked!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:6 - Many people say, “Who will show us better times?”
Let your face smile on us, LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:8 - In peace I will lie down and sleep,
for you alone, O LORD, will keep me safe.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by the flute.

O LORD, hear me as I pray;
pay attention to my groaning.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:2 - Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God,
for I pray to no one but you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:8 - Lead me in the right path, O LORD,
or my enemies will conquer me.
Make your way plain for me to follow.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:10 - O God, declare them guilty.
Let them be caught in their own traps.
Drive them away because of their many sins,
for they have rebelled against you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:12 - For you bless the godly, O LORD;
you surround them with your shield of love.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by an eight-stringed instrument.[fn]

O LORD, don't rebuke me in your anger
or discipline me in your rage.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:2 - Have compassion on me, LORD, for I am weak.
Heal me, LORD, for my bones are in agony.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:3 - I am sick at heart.
How long, O LORD, until you restore me?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:4 - Return, O LORD, and rescue me.
Save me because of your unfailing love.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:1 - A psalm of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning Cush of the tribe of Benjamin.

I come to you for protection, O LORD my God.
Save me from my persecutors—rescue me!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:3 - O LORD my God, if I have done wrong
or am guilty of injustice,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:6 - Arise, O LORD, in anger!
Stand up against the fury of my enemies!
Wake up, my God, and bring justice!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:8 - The LORD judges the nations.
Declare me righteous, O LORD,
for I am innocent, O Most High!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by a stringed instrument.[fn]

O LORD, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth!
Your glory is higher than the heavens.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:9 - O LORD, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be sung to the tune “Death of the Son.”

I will praise you, LORD, with all my heart;
I will tell of all the marvelous things you have done.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:10 - Those who know your name trust in you,
for you, O LORD, do not abandon those who search for you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:13 - LORD, have mercy on me.
See how my enemies torment me.
Snatch me back from the jaws of death.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:19 - Arise, O LORD!
Do not let mere mortals defy you!
Judge the nations!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:20 - Make them tremble in fear, O LORD.
Let the nations know they are merely human.
Interlude
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:1 - O LORD, why do you stand so far away?
Why do you hide when I am in trouble?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:12 - Arise, O LORD!
Punish the wicked, O God!
Do not ignore the helpless!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by an eight-stringed instrument.[fn]

Help, O LORD, for the godly are fast disappearing!
The faithful have vanished from the earth!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:7 - Therefore, LORD, we know you will protect the oppressed,
preserving them forever from this lying generation,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David.

O LORD, how long will you forget me? Forever?
How long will you look the other way?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:3 - Turn and answer me, O LORD my God!
Restore the sparkle to my eyes, or I will die.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:1 - A psalm of David.

Who may worship in your sanctuary, LORD?
Who may enter your presence on your holy hill?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:1 - A psalm[fn] of David.

Keep me safe, O God,
for I have come to you for refuge.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:1 - A prayer of David.

O LORD, hear my plea for justice.
Listen to my cry for help.
Pay attention to my prayer,
for it comes from honest lips.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:13 - Arise, O LORD!
Stand against them, and bring them to their knees!
Rescue me from the wicked with your sword!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:14 - By the power of your hand, O LORD,
destroy those who look to this world for their reward.
But satisfy the hunger of your treasured ones.
May their children have plenty,
leaving an inheritance for their descendants.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David, the servant of the LORD. He sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD rescued him from all his enemies and from Saul. He sang:

I love you, LORD;
you are my strength.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:15 - Then at your command, O LORD,
at the blast of your breath,
the bottom of the sea could be seen,
and the foundations of the earth were laid bare.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:28 - You light a lamp for me.
The LORD, my God, lights up my darkness.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:49 - For this, O LORD, I will praise you among the nations;
I will sing praises to your name.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:14 - May the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart
be pleasing to you,
O LORD, my rock and my redeemer.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:9 - Give victory to our king, O LORD!
Answer our cry for help.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David.

How the king rejoices in your strength, O LORD!
He shouts with joy because you give him victory.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:13 - Rise up, O LORD, in all your power.
With music and singing we celebrate your mighty acts.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:19 - O LORD, do not stay far away!
You are my strength; come quickly to my aid!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:1 - A psalm of David.

O LORD, I give my life to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:4 - Show me the right path, O LORD;
point out the road for me to follow.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:6 - Remember, O LORD, your compassion and unfailing love,
which you have shown from long ages past.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:7 - Do not remember the rebellious sins of my youth.
Remember me in the light of your unfailing love,
for you are merciful, O LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:11 - For the honor of your name, O LORD,
forgive my many, many sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:21 - May integrity and honesty protect me,
for I put my hope in you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:1 - A psalm of David.

Declare me innocent, O LORD,
for I have acted with integrity;
I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:2 - Put me on trial, LORD, and cross-examine me.
Test my motives and my heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:6 - I wash my hands to declare my innocence.
I come to your altar, O LORD,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:8 - I love your sanctuary, LORD,
the place where your glorious presence dwells.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:12 - Now I stand on solid ground,
and I will publicly praise the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:7 - Hear me as I pray, O LORD.
Be merciful and answer me!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:8 - My heart has heard you say, “Come and talk with me.”
And my heart responds, “LORD, I am coming.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:11 - Teach me how to live, O LORD.
Lead me along the right path,
for my enemies are waiting for me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:1 - A psalm of David.

I pray to you, O LORD, my rock.
Do not turn a deaf ear to me.
For if you are silent,
I might as well give up and die.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:1 - A psalm of David. A song for the dedication of the Temple.

I will exalt you, LORD, for you rescued me.
You refused to let my enemies triumph over me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:2 - O LORD my God, I cried to you for help,
and you restored my health.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:3 - You brought me up from the grave,[fn] O LORD.
You kept me from falling into the pit of death.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:7 - Your favor, O LORD, made me as secure as a mountain.
Then you turned away from me, and I was shattered.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:8 - I cried out to you, O LORD.
I begged the Lord for mercy, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:12 - that I might sing praises to you and not be silent.
O LORD my God, I will give you thanks forever!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David.

O LORD, I have come to you for protection;
don't let me be disgraced.
Save me, for you do what is right.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:5 - I entrust my spirit into your hand.
Rescue me, LORD, for you are a faithful God.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:9 - Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am in distress.
Tears blur my eyes.
My body and soul are withering away.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:14 - But I am trusting you, O LORD,
saying, “You are my God!”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:17 - Don't let me be disgraced, O LORD,
for I call out to you for help.
Let the wicked be disgraced;
let them lie silent in the grave.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:19 - How great is the goodness
you have stored up for those who fear you.
You lavish it on those who come to you for protection,
blessing them before the watching world.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:22 - Let your unfailing love surround us, LORD,
for our hope is in you alone.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:1 - A psalm of David.

O LORD, oppose those who oppose me.
Fight those who fight against me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:10 - With every bone in my body I will praise him:
“LORD, who can compare with you?
Who else rescues the helpless from the strong?
Who else protects the helpless and poor from those who rob them?”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:17 - How long, O Lord, will you look on and do nothing?
Rescue me from their fierce attacks.
Protect my life from these lions!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:18 - Then I will thank you in front of the great assembly.
I will praise you before all the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:22 - O LORD, you know all about this.
Do not stay silent.
Do not abandon me now, O Lord.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:23 - Wake up! Rise to my defense!
Take up my case, my God and my Lord.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:24 - Declare me not guilty, O LORD my God, for you give justice.
Don't let my enemies laugh about me in my troubles.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:5 - Your unfailing love, O LORD, is as vast as the heavens;
your faithfulness reaches beyond the clouds.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:6 - Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains,
your justice like the ocean depths.
You care for people and animals alike, O LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:1 - A psalm of David, asking God to remember him.

O LORD, don't rebuke me in your anger
or discipline me in your rage!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:9 - You know what I long for, Lord;
you hear my every sigh.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:15 - For I am waiting for you, O LORD.
You must answer for me, O Lord my God.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:21 - Do not abandon me, O LORD.
Do not stand at a distance, my God.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:22 - Come quickly to help me,
O Lord my savior.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:4 - “LORD, remind me how brief my time on earth will be.
Remind me that my days are numbered—
how fleeting my life is.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:12 - Hear my prayer, O LORD!
Listen to my cries for help!
Don't ignore my tears.
For I am your guest—
a traveler passing through,
as my ancestors were before me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:5 - O LORD my God, you have performed many wonders for us.
Your plans for us are too numerous to list.
You have no equal.
If I tried to recite all your wonderful deeds,
I would never come to the end of them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:9 - I have told all your people about your justice.
I have not been afraid to speak out,
as you, O LORD, well know.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:11 - LORD, don't hold back your tender mercies from me.
Let your unfailing love and faithfulness always protect me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:13 - Please, LORD, rescue me!
Come quickly, LORD, and help me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:16 - But may all who search for you
be filled with joy and gladness in you.
May those who love your salvation
repeatedly shout, “The LORD is great!”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:4 - “O LORD,” I prayed, “have mercy on me.
Heal me, for I have sinned against you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:10 - LORD, have mercy on me.
Make me well again, so I can pay them back!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:23 - Wake up, O Lord! Why do you sleep?
Get up! Do not reject us forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:26 - Rise up! Help us!
Ransom us because of your unfailing love.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:11 - Let the people on Mount Zion rejoice.
Let all the towns of Judah be glad
because of your justice.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:15 - Unseal my lips, O Lord,
that my mouth may praise you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:18 - Look with favor on Zion and help her;
rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 54:6 - I will sacrifice a voluntary offering to you;
I will praise your name, O LORD,
for it is good.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:9 - Confuse them, Lord, and frustrate their plans,
for I see violence and conflict in the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:23 - But you, O God, will send the wicked
down to the pit of destruction.
Murderers and liars will die young,
but I am trusting you to save me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:1 - For the choir director: A psalm[fn] of David, regarding the time the Philistines seized him in Gath. To be sung to the tune “Dove on Distant Oaks.”

O God, have mercy on me,
for people are hounding me.
My foes attack me all day long.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:9 - I will thank you, Lord, among all the people.
I will sing your praises among the nations.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:3 - They have set an ambush for me.
Fierce enemies are out there waiting, LORD,
though I have not sinned or offended them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:5 - O LORD God of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel,
wake up and punish those hostile nations.
Show no mercy to wicked traitors.
Interlude
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:8 - But LORD, you laugh at them.
You scoff at all the hostile nations.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:11 - Don't kill them, for my people soon forget such lessons;
stagger them with your power, and bring them to their knees,
O Lord our shield.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:12 - unfailing love, O Lord, is yours.
Surely you repay all people
according to what they have done.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:6 - Don't let those who trust in you be ashamed because of me,
O Sovereign LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Don't let me cause them to be humiliated,
O God of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:13 - But I keep praying to you, LORD,
hoping this time you will show me favor.
In your unfailing love, O God,
answer my prayer with your sure salvation.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:16 - Answer my prayers, O LORD,
for your unfailing love is wonderful.
Take care of me,
for your mercy is so plentiful.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:5 - But as for me, I am poor and needy;
please hurry to my aid, O God.
You are my helper and my savior;
O LORD, do not delay.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:5 - O Lord, you alone are my hope.
I've trusted you, O LORD, from childhood.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:16 - I will praise your mighty deeds, O Sovereign LORD.
I will tell everyone that you alone are just.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:20 - When you arise, O Lord,
you will laugh at their silly ideas
as a person laughs at dreams in the morning.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:5 - O LORD, how long will you be angry with us? Forever?
How long will your jealousy burn like fire?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:9 - Help us, O God of our salvation!
Help us for the glory of your name.
Save us and forgive our sins
for the honor of your name.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:12 - O Lord, pay back our neighbors seven times
for the scorn they have hurled at you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:4 - O LORD God of Heaven's Armies,
how long will you be angry with our prayers?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:7 - Turn us again to yourself, O God of Heaven's Armies.
Make your face shine down upon us.
Only then will we be saved.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:19 - Turn us again to yourself, O LORD God of Heaven's Armies.
Make your face shine down upon us.
Only then will we be saved.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:16 - Utterly disgrace them
until they submit to your name, O LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of the descendants of Korah, to be accompanied by a stringed instrument.[fn]

How lovely is your dwelling place,
O LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:3 - Even the sparrow finds a home,
and the swallow builds her nest and raises her young
at a place near your altar,
O LORD of Heaven's Armies, my King and my God!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:5 - What joy for those whose strength comes from the LORD,
who have set their minds on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:8 - O LORD God of Heaven's Armies, hear my prayer.
Listen, O God of Jacob.
Interlude
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:12 - O LORD of Heaven's Armies,
what joy for those who trust in you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of the descendants of Korah.

LORD, you poured out blessings on your land!
You restored the fortunes of Israel.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:7 - Show us your unfailing love, O LORD,
and grant us your salvation.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:1 - A prayer of David.

Bend down, O LORD, and hear my prayer;
answer me, for I need your help.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:3 - Be merciful to me, O Lord,
for I am calling on you constantly.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:4 - Give me happiness, O Lord,
for I give myself to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:5 - O Lord, you are so good, so ready to forgive,
so full of unfailing love for all who ask for your help.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:6 - Listen closely to my prayer, O LORD;
hear my urgent cry.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:8 - No pagan god is like you, O Lord.
None can do what you do!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:9 - All the nations you made
will come and bow before you, Lord;
they will praise your holy name.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:11 - Teach me your ways, O LORD,
that I may live according to your truth!
Grant me purity of heart,
so that I may honor you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:12 - With all my heart I will praise you, O Lord my God.
I will give glory to your name forever,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:15 - But you, O Lord,
are a God of compassion and mercy,
slow to get angry
and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:17 - Send me a sign of your favor.
Then those who hate me will be put to shame,
for you, O LORD, help and comfort me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of the descendants of Korah. A song to be sung to the tune “The Suffering of Affliction.” A psalm[fn] of Heman the Ezrahite.

O LORD, God of my salvation,
I cry out to you by day.
I come to you at night.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:2 - Now hear my prayer;
listen to my cry.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:9 - My eyes are blinded by my tears.
Each day I beg for your help, O LORD;
I lift my hands to you for mercy.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:13 - O LORD, I cry out to you.
I will keep on pleading day by day.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:14 - O LORD, why do you reject me?
Why do you turn your face from me?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:1 - A psalm[fn] of Ethan the Ezrahite.

I will sing of the LORD's unfailing love forever!
Young and old will hear of your faithfulness.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:5 - All heaven will praise your great wonders, LORD;
myriads of angels will praise you for your faithfulness.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:8 - O LORD God of Heaven's Armies!
Where is there anyone as mighty as you, O LORD?
You are entirely faithful.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:15 - Happy are those who hear the joyful call to worship,
for they will walk in the light of your presence, LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:46 - O LORD, how long will this go on?
Will you hide yourself forever?
How long will your anger burn like fire?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:49 - Lord, where is your unfailing love?
You promised it to David with a faithful pledge.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:50 - Consider, Lord, how your servants are disgraced!
I carry in my heart the insults of so many people.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:51 - Your enemies have mocked me, O LORD;
they mock your anointed king wherever he goes.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:1 - A prayer of Moses, the man of God.

Lord, through all the generations
you have been our home!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:13 - O LORD, come back to us!
How long will you delay?
Take pity on your servants!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:9 - If you make the LORD your refuge,
if you make the Most High your shelter,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:4 - You thrill me, LORD, with all you have done for me!
I sing for joy because of what you have done.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:5 - O LORD, what great works you do!
And how deep are your thoughts.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:8 - But you, O LORD, will be exalted forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 93:3 - The floods have risen up, O LORD.
The floods have roared like thunder;
the floods have lifted their pounding waves.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 93:5 - Your royal laws cannot be changed.
Your reign, O LORD, is holy forever and ever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:3 - How long, O LORD?
How long will the wicked be allowed to gloat?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:5 - They crush your people, LORD,
hurting those you claim as your own.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:12 - Joyful are those you discipline, LORD,
those you teach with your instructions.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:18 - I cried out, “I am slipping!”
but your unfailing love, O LORD, supported me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:19 - When doubts filled my mind,
your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:8 - Jerusalem[fn] has heard and rejoiced,
and all the towns of Judah are glad
because of your justice, O LORD!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 99:8 - O LORD our God, you answered them.
You were a forgiving God to them,
but you punished them when they went wrong.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:1 - A psalm of David.

I will sing of your love and justice, LORD.
I will praise you with songs.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:1 - A prayer of one overwhelmed with trouble, pouring out problems before the LORD.

LORD, hear my prayer!
Listen to my plea!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:12 - But you, O LORD, will sit on your throne forever.
Your fame will endure to every generation.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:25 - Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth
and made the heavens with your hands.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:1 - Let all that I am praise the LORD.
O LORD my God, how great you are!
You are robed with honor and majesty.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:24 - O LORD, what a variety of things you have made!
In wisdom you have made them all.
The earth is full of your creatures.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:4 - Remember me, LORD, when you show favor to your people;
come near and rescue me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:47 - Save us, O LORD our God!
Gather us back from among the nations,
so we can thank your holy name
and rejoice and praise you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:3 - I will thank you, LORD, among all the people.
I will sing your praises among the nations.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:21 - But deal well with me, O Sovereign LORD,
for the sake of your own reputation!
Rescue me
because you are so faithful and good.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:26 - Help me, O LORD my God!
Save me because of your unfailing love.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:27 - Let them see that this is your doing,
that you yourself have done it, LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:1 - Praise the LORD!
I will thank the LORD with all my heart
as I meet with his godly people.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:1 - Not to us, O LORD, not to us,
but to your name goes all the glory
for your unfailing love and faithfulness.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:17 - The dead cannot sing praises to the LORD,
for they have gone into the silence of the grave.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:4 - Then I called on the name of the LORD:
“Please, LORD, save me!”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:16 - O LORD, I am your servant;
yes, I am your servant, born into your household;
you have freed me from my chains.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:25 - Please, LORD, please save us.
Please, LORD, please give us success.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:7 - As I learn your righteous regulations,
I will thank you by living as I should!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:12 - I praise you, O LORD;
teach me your decrees.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:31 - I cling to your laws.
LORD, don't let me be put to shame!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:33 - He
Teach me your decrees, O LORD;
I will keep them to the end.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:41 - Waw
LORD, give me your unfailing love,
the salvation that you promised me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:52 - I meditate on your age-old regulations;
O LORD, they comfort me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:55 - I reflect at night on who you are, O LORD;
therefore, I obey your instructions.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:57 - Heth
LORD, you are mine!
I promise to obey your words!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:64 - O LORD, your unfailing love fills the earth;
teach me your decrees.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:65 - Teth
You have done many good things for me, LORD,
just as you promised.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:68 - You are good and do only good;
teach me your decrees.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:75 - I know, O LORD, that your regulations are fair;
you disciplined me because I needed it.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:85 - These arrogant people who hate your instructions
have dug deep pits to trap me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:89 - Lamedh
Your eternal word, O LORD,
stands firm in heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:93 - I will never forget your commandments,
for by them you give me life.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:97 - Mem
Oh, how I love your instructions!
I think about them all day long.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:107 - I have suffered much, O LORD;
restore my life again as you promised.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:108 - LORD, accept my offering of praise,
and teach me your regulations.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:137 - Tsadhe
O LORD, you are righteous,
and your regulations are fair.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:145 - Qoph
I pray with all my heart; answer me, LORD!
I will obey your decrees.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:149 - In your faithful love, O LORD, hear my cry;
let me be revived by following your regulations.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:151 - But you are near, O LORD,
and all your commands are true.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:156 - LORD, how great is your mercy;
let me be revived by following your regulations.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:159 - See how I love your commandments, LORD.
Give back my life because of your unfailing love.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:166 - I long for your rescue, LORD,
so I have obeyed your commands.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:168 - Yes, I obey your commandments and laws
because you know everything I do.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:169 - Taw
O LORD, listen to my cry;
give me the discerning mind you promised.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:174 - O LORD, I have longed for your rescue,
and your instructions are my delight.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:2 - Rescue me, O LORD, from liars
and from all deceitful people.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 123:3 - Have mercy on us, LORD, have mercy,
for we have had our fill of contempt.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 125:4 - O LORD, do good to those who are good,
whose hearts are in tune with you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 126:4 - Restore our fortunes, LORD,
as streams renew the desert.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 130:1 - A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem.

From the depths of despair, O LORD,
I call for your help.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 130:2 - Hear my cry, O Lord.
Pay attention to my prayer.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 130:3 - LORD, if you kept a record of our sins,
who, O Lord, could ever survive?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 130:5 - I am counting on the LORD;
yes, I am counting on him.
I have put my hope in his word.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 131:1 - A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. A psalm of David.

LORD, my heart is not proud;
my eyes are not haughty.
I don't concern myself with matters too great
or too awesome for me to grasp.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:1 - A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem.

LORD, remember David
and all that he suffered.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:8 - Arise, O LORD, and enter your resting place,
along with the Ark, the symbol of your power.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:13 - Your name, O LORD, endures forever;
your fame, O LORD, is known to every generation.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:7 - O LORD, remember what the Edomites did
on the day the armies of Babylon captured Jerusalem.
“Destroy it!” they yelled.
“Level it to the ground!”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 138:1 - A psalm of David.

I give you thanks, O LORD, with all my heart;
I will sing your praises before the gods.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 138:4 - Every king in all the earth will thank you, LORD,
for all of them will hear your words.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 138:8 - The LORD will work out his plans for my life—
for your faithful love, O LORD, endures forever.
Don't abandon me, for you made me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David.

O LORD, you have examined my heart
and know everything about me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:5 - You go before me and follow me.
You place your hand of blessing on my head.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:13 - You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body
and knit me together in my mother's womb.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:21 - O LORD, shouldn't I hate those who hate you?
Shouldn't I despise those who oppose you?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David.

O LORD, rescue me from evil people.
Protect me from those who are violent,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:4 - O LORD, keep me out of the hands of the wicked.
Protect me from those who are violent,
for they are plotting against me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:6 - I said to the LORD, “You are my God!”
Listen, O LORD, to my cries for mercy!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:7 - O Sovereign LORD, the strong one who rescued me,
you protected me on the day of battle.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:8 - LORD, do not let evil people have their way.
Do not let their evil schemes succeed,
or they will become proud.
Interlude
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:1 - A psalm of David.

O LORD, I am calling to you. Please hurry!
Listen when I cry to you for help!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:3 - Take control of what I say, O LORD,
and guard my lips.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:8 - I look to you for help, O Sovereign LORD.
You are my refuge; don't let them kill me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:5 - Then I pray to you, O LORD.
I say, “You are my place of refuge.
You are all I really want in life.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:7 - Bring me out of prison
so I can thank you.
The godly will crowd around me,
for you are good to me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:1 - A psalm of David.

Hear my prayer, O LORD;
listen to my plea!
Answer me because you are faithful and righteous.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:7 - Come quickly, LORD, and answer me,
for my depression deepens.
Don't turn away from me,
or I will die.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:8 - Let me hear of your unfailing love each morning,
for I am trusting you.
Show me where to walk,
for I give myself to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:9 - Rescue me from my enemies, LORD;
I run to you to hide me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:11 - For the glory of your name, O LORD, preserve my life.
Because of your faithfulness, bring me out of this distress.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:3 - O LORD, what are human beings that you should notice them,
mere mortals that you should think about them?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:5 - Open the heavens, LORD, and come down.
Touch the mountains so they billow smoke.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 145:10 - All of your works will thank you, LORD,
and your faithful followers will praise you.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:11 - Then I said, “Lord, how long will this go on?”
And he replied,
“Until their towns are empty,
their houses are deserted,
and the whole country is a wasteland;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 12:1 - In that day you will sing:
“I will praise you, O LORD!
You were angry with me, but not any more.
Now you comfort me.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:15 - In eastern lands, give glory to the LORD.
In the lands beyond the sea, praise the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:1 - O LORD, I will honor and praise your name,
for you are my God.
You do such wonderful things!
You planned them long ago,
and now you have accomplished them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:4 - Trust in the LORD always,
for the LORD GOD is the eternal Rock.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:11 - O LORD, they pay no attention to your upraised fist.
Show them your eagerness to defend your people.
Then they will be ashamed.
Let your fire consume your enemies.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:12 - LORD, you will grant us peace;
all we have accomplished is really from you.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:13 - O LORD our God, others have ruled us,
but you alone are the one we worship.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:15 - O LORD, you have made our nation great;
yes, you have made us great.
You have extended our borders,
and we give you the glory!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:16 - LORD, in distress we searched for you.
We prayed beneath the burden of your discipline.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:17 - Just as a pregnant woman
writhes and cries out in pain as she gives birth,
so were we in your presence, LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:2 - But LORD, be merciful to us,
for we have waited for you.
Be our strong arm each day
and our salvation in times of trouble.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:16 - “O LORD of Heaven's Armies, God of Israel, you are enthroned between the mighty cherubim! You alone are God of all the kingdoms of the earth. You alone created the heavens and the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:17 - Bend down, O LORD, and listen! Open your eyes, O LORD, and see! Listen to Sennacherib's words of defiance against the living God.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:20 - Now, O LORD our God, rescue us from his power; then all the kingdoms of the earth will know that you alone, O LORD, are God.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:3 - “Remember, O LORD, how I have always been faithful to you and have served you single-mindedly, always doing what pleases you.” Then he broke down and wept bitterly.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:16 - Lord, your discipline is good,
for it leads to life and health.
You restore my health
and allow me to live!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:20 - Think of it—the LORD is ready to heal me!
I will sing his praises with instruments
every day of my life
in the Temple of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:1 - Who has believed our message?
To whom has the LORD revealed his powerful arm?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:16 - Surely you are still our Father!
Even if Abraham and Jacob[fn] would disown us,
LORD, you would still be our Father.
You are our Redeemer from ages past.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:17 - LORD, why have you allowed us to turn from your path?
Why have you given us stubborn hearts so we no longer fear you?
Return and help us, for we are your servants,
the tribes that are your special possession.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:8 - And yet, O LORD, you are our Father.
We are the clay, and you are the potter.
We all are formed by your hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:12 - After all this, LORD, must you still refuse to help us?
Will you continue to be silent and punish us?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:6 - “O Sovereign LORD,” I said, “I can't speak for you! I'm too young!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:19 - “I thought to myself,
‘I would love to treat you as my own children!'
I wanted nothing more than to give you this beautiful land—
the finest possession in the world.
I looked forward to your calling me ‘Father,'
and I wanted you never to turn from me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:10 - Then I said, “O Sovereign LORD,
the people have been deceived by what you said,
for you promised peace for Jerusalem.
But the sword is held at their throats!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:3 - LORD, you are searching for honesty.
You struck your people,
but they paid no attention.
You crushed them,
but they refused to be corrected.
They are determined, with faces set like stone;
they have refused to repent.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:23 - I know, LORD, that our lives are not our own.
We are not able to plan our own course.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:24 - So correct me, LORD, but please be gentle.
Do not correct me in anger, for I would die.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:5 - I said this so I could keep my promise to your ancestors to give you a land flowing with milk and honey—the land you live in today.'”
Then I replied, “Amen, LORD! May it be so.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:18 - Then the LORD told me about the plots my enemies were making against me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:20 - O LORD of Heaven's Armies,
you make righteous judgments,
and you examine the deepest thoughts and secrets.
Let me see your vengeance against them,
for I have committed my cause to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:1 - LORD, you always give me justice
when I bring a case before you.
So let me bring you this complaint:
Why are the wicked so prosperous?
Why are evil people so happy?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:3 - But as for me, LORD, you know my heart.
You see me and test my thoughts.
Drag these people away like sheep to be butchered!
Set them aside to be slaughtered!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:7 - The people say, “Our wickedness has caught up with us, LORD,
but help us for the sake of your own reputation.
We have turned away from you
and sinned against you again and again.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:8 - O Hope of Israel, our Savior in times of trouble,
why are you like a stranger to us?
Why are you like a traveler passing through the land,
stopping only for the night?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:9 - Are you also confused?
Is our champion helpless to save us?
You are right here among us, LORD.
We are known as your people.
Please don't abandon us now!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:13 - Then I said, “O Sovereign LORD, their prophets are telling them, ‘All is well—no war or famine will come. The LORD will surely send you peace.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:20 - LORD, we confess our wickedness
and that of our ancestors, too.
We all have sinned against you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:15 - Then I said,
“LORD, you know what's happening to me.
Please step in and help me. Punish my persecutors!
Please give me time; don't let me die young.
It's for your sake that I am suffering.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:16 - When I discovered your words, I devoured them.
They are my joy and my heart's delight,
for I bear your name,
O LORD God of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:19 - LORD, you are my strength and fortress,
my refuge in the day of trouble!
Nations from around the world
will come to you and say,
“Our ancestors left us a foolish heritage,
for they worshiped worthless idols.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:13 - O LORD, the hope of Israel,
all who turn away from you will be disgraced.
They will be buried in the dust of the earth,
for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of living water.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:14 - O LORD, if you heal me, I will be truly healed;
if you save me, I will be truly saved.
My praises are for you alone!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:19 - LORD, hear me and help me!
Listen to what my enemies are saying.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:23 - LORD, you know all about their murderous plots against me.
Don't forgive their crimes and blot out their sins.
Let them die before you.
Deal with them in your anger.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:7 - O LORD, you misled me,
and I allowed myself to be misled.
You are stronger than I am,
and you overpowered me.
Now I am mocked every day;
everyone laughs at me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:12 - O LORD of Heaven's Armies,
you test those who are righteous,
and you examine the deepest thoughts and secrets.
Let me see your vengeance against them,
for I have committed my cause to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:18 - Therefore, this is what the LORD says about Jehoiakim, son of King Josiah:
“The people will not mourn for him, crying to one another,
‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!'
His subjects will not mourn for him, crying,
‘Alas, our master is dead! Alas, his splendor is gone!'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:17 - “O Sovereign LORD! You made the heavens and earth by your strong hand and powerful arm. Nothing is too hard for you!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:20 - Listen, my lord the king, I beg you. Don't send me back to the dungeon in the house of Jonathan the secretary, for I will die there.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:62 - Then say, ‘LORD, you have said that you will destroy Babylon so that neither people nor animals will remain here. She will lie empty and abandoned forever.'
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:9 - She defiled herself with immorality
and gave no thought to her future.
Now she lies in the gutter
with no one to lift her out.
“LORD, see my misery,” she cries.
“The enemy has triumphed.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:11 - Her people groan as they search for bread.
They have sold their treasures for food to stay alive.
“O LORD, look,” she mourns,
“and see how I am despised.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:20 - “LORD, see my anguish!
My heart is broken
and my soul despairs,
for I have rebelled against you.
In the streets the sword kills,
and at home there is only death.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:20 - “O LORD, think about this!
Should you treat your own people this way?
Should mothers eat their own children,
those they once bounced on their knees?
Should priests and prophets be killed
within the Lord's Temple?
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:55 - But I called on your name, LORD,
from deep within the pit.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:58 - Lord, you are my lawyer! Plead my case!
For you have redeemed my life.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:59 - You have seen the wrong they have done to me, LORD.
Be my judge, and prove me right.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:64 - Pay them back, LORD,
for all the evil they have done.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:66 - Chase them down in your anger,
destroying them beneath the LORD's heavens.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:1 - LORD, remember what has happened to us.
See how we have been disgraced!
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:19 - But LORD, you remain the same forever!
Your throne continues from generation to generation.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:21 - Restore us, O LORD, and bring us back to you again!
Give us back the joys we once had!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:14 - Then I said, “O Sovereign LORD, must I be defiled by using human dung? For I have never been defiled before. From the time I was a child until now I have never eaten any animal that died of sickness or was killed by other animals. I have never eaten any meat forbidden by the law.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:8 - While they were out killing, I was all alone. I fell face down on the ground and cried out, “O Sovereign LORD! Will your fury against Jerusalem wipe out everyone left in Israel?”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:13 - While I was still prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah suddenly died. Then I fell face down on the ground and cried out, “O Sovereign LORD, are you going to kill everyone in Israel?”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:49 - Then I said, “O Sovereign LORD, they are saying of me, ‘He only talks in riddles!'”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:3 - Then he asked me, “Son of man, can these bones become living people again?”
“O Sovereign LORD,” I replied, “you alone know the answer to that.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:19 - “Upon hearing this, Daniel (also known as Belteshazzar) was overcome for a time, frightened by the meaning of the dream. Then the king said to him, ‘Belteshazzar, don't be alarmed by the dream and what it means.' “Belteshazzar replied, ‘I wish the events foreshadowed in this dream would happen to your enemies, my lord, and not to you!
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:4 - I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed: “O Lord, you are a great and awesome God! You always fulfill your covenant and keep your promises of unfailing love to those who love you and obey your commands.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:7 - “Lord, you are in the right; but as you see, our faces are covered with shame. This is true of all of us, including the people of Judah and Jerusalem and all Israel, scattered near and far, wherever you have driven us because of our disloyalty to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:8 - O LORD, we and our kings, princes, and ancestors are covered with shame because we have sinned against you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:15 - “O Lord our God, you brought lasting honor to your name by rescuing your people from Egypt in a great display of power. But we have sinned and are full of wickedness.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:16 - In view of all your faithful mercies, Lord, please turn your furious anger away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain. All the neighboring nations mock Jerusalem and your people because of our sins and the sins of our ancestors.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:17 - “O our God, hear your servant's prayer! Listen as I plead. For your own sake, Lord, smile again on your desolate sanctuary.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:19 - “O Lord, hear. O Lord, forgive. O Lord, listen and act! For your own sake, do not delay, O my God, for your people and your city bear your name.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:16 - Then the one who looked like a man[fn] touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and began to speak. I said to the one standing in front of me, “I am filled with anguish because of the vision I have seen, my lord, and I am very weak.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:17 - How can someone like me, your servant, talk to you, my lord? My strength is gone, and I can hardly breathe.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:8 - I heard what he said, but I did not understand what he meant. So I asked, “How will all this finally end, my lord?”
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:14 - O LORD, what should I request for your people?
I will ask for wombs that don't give birth
and breasts that give no milk.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:19 - LORD, help us!
The fire has consumed the wilderness pastures,
and flames have burned up all the trees.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:17 - Let the priests, who minister in the LORD's presence,
stand and weep between the entry room to the Temple and the altar.
Let them pray, “Spare your people, LORD!
Don't let your special possession become an object of mockery.
Don't let them become a joke for unbelieving foreigners who say,
‘Has the God of Israel left them?'”
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:2 - In my vision the locusts ate every green plant in sight. Then I said, “O Sovereign LORD, please forgive us or we will not survive, for Israel[fn] is so small.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:3 - So the LORD relented from this plan. “I will not do it,” he said.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:5 - Then I said, “O Sovereign LORD, please stop or we will not survive, for Israel is so small.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:6 - Then the LORD relented from this plan, too. “I will not do that either,” said the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:14 - Then they cried out to the LORD, Jonah's God. “O LORD,” they pleaded, “don't make us die for this man's sin. And don't hold us responsible for his death. O LORD, you have sent this storm upon him for your own good reasons.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:6 - I sank down to the very roots of the mountains.
I was imprisoned in the earth,
whose gates lock shut forever.
But you, O LORD my God,
snatched me from the jaws of death!
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:2 - So he complained to the LORD about it: “Didn't I say before I left home that you would do this, LORD? That is why I ran away to Tarshish! I knew that you are a merciful and compassionate God, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. You are eager to turn back from destroying people.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:3 - Just kill me now, LORD! I'd rather be dead than alive if what I predicted will not happen.”
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:2 - How long, O LORD, must I call for help?
But you do not listen!
“Violence is everywhere!” I cry,
but you do not come to save.
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:12 - O LORD my God, my Holy One, you who are eternal—
surely you do not plan to wipe us out?
O LORD, our Rock, you have sent these Babylonians to correct us,
to punish us for our many sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:2 - I have heard all about you, LORD.
I am filled with awe by your amazing works.
In this time of our deep need,
help us again as you did in years gone by.
And in your anger,
remember your mercy.
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:8 - Was it in anger, LORD, that you struck the rivers
and parted the sea?
Were you displeased with them?
No, you were sending your chariots of salvation!
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:9 - I asked the angel who was talking with me, “My lord, what do these horses mean?”
“I will show you,” the angel replied.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:12 - Upon hearing this, the angel of the LORD prayed this prayer: “O LORD of Heaven's Armies, for seventy years now you have been angry with Jerusalem and the towns of Judah. How long until you again show mercy to them?”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:19 - “What are these?” I asked the angel who was talking with me.
He replied, “These horns represent the nations that scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:4 - Then I asked the angel, “What are these, my lord? What do they mean?”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:5 - “Don't you know?” the angel asked.
“No, my lord,” I replied.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:13 - “Don't you know?” he asked.
“No, my lord,” I replied.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:4 - “And what are these, my lord?” I asked the angel who was talking with me.
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