'Life' in the Bible

Let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it;And let him trample my life down to the groundAnd lay my glory in the dust. Selah.

You will make known to me the path of life;In Your presence is fullness of joy;In Your right hand there are pleasures forever.

From men with Your hand, O Lord,From men of the world, whose portion is in this life,And whose belly You fill with Your treasure;They are satisfied with children,And leave their abundance to their babes.

He asked life of You,You gave it to him,Length of days forever and ever.

Deliver my soul from the sword,My only life from the power of the dog.

Surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life,And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Do not take my soul away along with sinners,Nor my life with men of bloodshed,

A Psalm of David.The Lord is my light and my salvation;Whom shall I fear?The Lord is the defense of my life;Whom shall I dread?

One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek:That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,To behold the beauty of the LordAnd to meditate in His temple.

For my life is spent with sorrowAnd my years with sighing;My strength has failed because of my iniquity,And my body has wasted away.

For I have heard the slander of many,Terror is on every side;While they took counsel together against me,They schemed to take away my life.

Who is the man who desires lifeAnd loves length of days that he may see good?

Let those be ashamed and dishonored who seek my life;Let those be turned back and humiliated who devise evil against me.

Lord, how long will You look on?Rescue my soul from their ravages,My only life from the lions.

For with You is the fountain of life;In Your light we see light.

Those who seek my life lay snares for me;And those who seek to injure me have threatened destruction,And they devise treachery all day long.

Let those be ashamed and humiliated togetherWho seek my life to destroy it;Let those be turned back and dishonoredWho delight in my hurt.

The Lord will command His lovingkindness in the daytime;And His song will be with me in the night,A prayer to the God of my life.

For strangers have risen against meAnd violent men have sought my life;They have not set God before them. Selah.

They attack, they lurk,They watch my steps,As they have waited to take my life.

For behold, they have set an ambush for my life;Fierce men launch an attack against me,Not for my transgression nor for my sin, O Lord,

For You have heard my vows, O God;You have given me the inheritance of those who fear Your name.

Because Your lovingkindness is better than life,My lips will praise You.

But those who seek my life to destroy it,Will go into the depths of the earth.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint;Preserve my life from dread of the enemy.

Who keeps us in lifeAnd does not allow our feet to slip.

For the choir director; according to Shoshannim. A Psalm of David.Save me, O God,For the waters have threatened my life.

May they be blotted out of the book of lifeAnd may they not be recorded with the righteous.

Let those be ashamed and humiliatedWho seek my life;Let those be turned back and dishonoredWho delight in my hurt.

For my enemies have spoken against me;And those who watch for my life have consulted together,

He will rescue their life from oppression and violence,And their blood will be precious in his sight;

Do not deliver the soul of Your turtledove to the wild beast;Do not forget the life of Your afflicted forever.

He leveled a path for His anger;He did not spare their soul from death,But gave over their life to the plague,

O God, arrogant men have risen up against me,And a band of violent men have sought my life,And they have not set You before them.

For my soul has had enough troubles,And my life has drawn near to Sheol.

Remember what my span of life is;For what vanity You have created all the sons of men!

As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years,Or if due to strength, eighty years,Yet their pride is but labor and sorrow;For soon it is gone and we fly away.

“With a long life I will satisfy himAnd let him see My salvation.”

They band themselves together against the life of the righteousAnd condemn the innocent to death.

Who redeems your life from the pit,Who crowns you with lovingkindness and compassion;

Then I called upon the name of the Lord:“O Lord, I beseech You, save my life!”

My life is continually in my hand,Yet I do not forget Your law.

The Lord bless you from Zion,And may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life.

It is like the dew of HermonComing down upon the mountains of Zion;For there the Lord commanded the blessing—life forever. Cross references: Psalm 133:1 : Gen 13:8; Heb 13:1 Psalm 133:2 : Ex 29:7; 30:25, 30; Lev 8:12 Psalm 133:2 : Ex 28:33; 39:24 Psalm 133:3 : Prov 19:12; Hos 14:5; Mic 5:7 Psalm 133:3 : Deut 3:9; 4:48 Psalm 133:3 : Ps 48:2; 74:2; 78:68 Psalm 133:3 : Lev 25:21; Deut 28:8; Ps 42:8 Psalm 133:3 : Ps 21:4 end of crossrefs

For the enemy has persecuted my soul;He has crushed my life to the ground;He has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have long been dead.