'Salvation' in the Bible

“I wait for Your salvation, O Lord.

Then Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid! Take your stand [be firm and confident and undismayed] and see the salvation of the Lord which He will accomplish for you today; for those Egyptians whom you have seen today, you will never see again.

“The Lord is my strength and my song,And He has become my salvation;This is my God, and I will praise Him;My father’s God, and I will exalt Him.

“But Jeshurun (Israel) became fat and kicked [at God].You became fat, thick, sleek, and obstinate!Then he abandoned God who had made him,And scorned the Rock of his salvation.

Hannah prayed and said,“My heart rejoices and triumphs in the Lord;My horn (strength) is lifted up in the Lord,My mouth has opened wide [to speak boldly] against my enemies,Because I rejoice in Your salvation.

My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge,My Savior—You save me from violence.

“You have also given me the shield of Your salvation,And Your help and gentleness make me great.

“The Lord lives, and blessed be my rock,And exalted be my God, the rock of my salvation.

“He is a tower of salvation and great deliverance to His king,And shows lovingkindness to His anointed,To David and his offspring forever.”

Sing to the Lord, all the earth;Proclaim the good news of His salvation from day to day.

Then say, “Save us, O God of our salvation;Gather us together and rescue us from the nations,That we may give thanks to Your holy name,And glory in Your praise.”

“Now then arise, O Lord God, [and come] to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your strength and power. Let Your priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation and let Your godly ones rejoice in [Your] goodness.

“This also will be my salvation,For a godless man may not come before Him.

Salvation belongs to the Lord;May Your blessing be upon Your people. Selah.

That I may tell aloud all Your praises,That in the gates of the daughter of Zion (Jerusalem)I may rejoice in Your salvation and Your help.

“Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy,Now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”

But I have trusted and relied on and been confident in Your lovingkindness and faithfulness;My heart shall rejoice and delight in Your salvation.

Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!When the Lord restores His captive people,Then Jacob will rejoice, Israel will be glad.

The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and the One who rescues me;My God, my rock and strength in whom I trust and take refuge;My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower—my stronghold.

You have also given me the shield of Your salvation,And Your right hand upholds and sustains me;Your gentleness [Your gracious response when I pray] makes me great.

The Lord lives, blessed be my rock;And may the God of my salvation be exalted,

We will sing joyously over your victory,And in the name of our God we will set up our banners.May the Lord fulfill all your petitions.

O Lord the king will delight in Your strength,And in Your salvation how greatly will he rejoice!

He shall receive a blessing from the Lord,And righteousness from the God of his salvation.

Guide me in Your truth and teach me,For You are the God of my salvation;For You [and only You] I wait [expectantly] all the day long.

The Lord is my light and my salvation—Whom shall I fear?The Lord is the refuge and fortress of my life—Whom shall I dread?

Do not hide Your face from me,Do not turn Your servant away in anger;You have been my help;Do not abandon me nor leave me,O God of my salvation!

The Lord is their [unyielding] strength,And He is the fortress of salvation to His anointed.

O continue Your lovingkindness to those who know You,And Your righteousness (salvation) to the upright in heart.

But the salvation of the righteous is from the Lord;He is their refuge and stronghold in the time of trouble.

Make haste to help me,O Lord, my Salvation.

I have not concealed Your righteousness within my heart;I have proclaimed Your faithfulness and Your salvation.I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great assembly.

Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;Let those who love Your salvation say continually,“The Lord be magnified!”

“He who offers a sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving honors Me;And to him who orders his way rightly [who follows the way that I show him],I shall show the salvation of God.”

Restore to me the joy of Your salvationAnd sustain me with a willing spirit.

Rescue me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation;Then my tongue will sing joyfully of Your righteousness and Your justice.

Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!When God restores [the fortunes of] His people,Let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

Give us help against the enemy,For the help of man is worthless (ineffectual, without purpose).

For God alone my soul waits in silence;From Him comes my salvation.

He alone is my rock and my salvation,My defense and my strong tower; I will not be shaken or disheartened.

He only is my rock and my salvation;My fortress and my defense, I will not be shaken or discouraged.

On God my salvation and my glory rest;He is my rock of [unyielding] strength, my refuge is in God.

By awesome and wondrous things You answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation,You who are the trust and hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest sea;

That Your way may be known on earth,Your salvation and deliverance among all nations.

Blessed be the Lord, who bears our burden day by day,The God who is our salvation! Selah.

God is to us a God of acts of salvation;And to God the Lord belong escapes from death [setting us free].

But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Lord, at an acceptable and opportune time;O God, in the greatness of Your favor and in the abundance of Your lovingkindness,Answer me with truth [that is, the faithfulness of Your salvation].

But I am sorrowful and in pain;May Your salvation, O God, set me [securely] on high.

May all those who seek You [as life’s first priority] rejoice and be glad in You;May those who love Your salvation say continually,“Let God be magnified!”

My mouth shall tell of Your righteousnessAnd of Your [deeds of] salvation all day long,For their number is more than I know.

Yet God is my King of old,Working salvation in the midst of the earth.

Because they did not believe in God [they did not rely on Him, they did not adhere to Him],And they did not trust in His salvation (His power to save).

Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name;Rescue us, forgive us our sins for Your name’s sake.

Restore us, O God of our salvation,And cause Your indignation toward us to cease.

Show us Your lovingkindness, O Lord,And grant us Your salvation.

Surely His salvation is near to those who [reverently] fear Him [and obey Him with submissive wonder],That glory [the manifest presence of God] may dwell in our land.

O Lord, the God of my salvation,I have cried out [for help] by day and in the night before You.

“He will cry to Me, ‘You are my Father,My God, and the rock of my salvation.’

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

O come, let us sing joyfully to the Lord;Let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation.

Sing to the Lord, bless His name;Proclaim good news of His salvation from day to day.

O sing to the Lord a new song,For He has done marvelous and wonderful things;His right hand and His holy arm have gained the victory for Him.

The Lord has made known His salvation;He has [openly] revealed His righteousness in the sight of the nations.

He has [graciously] remembered His lovingkindness and His faithfulness to the house of Israel;All the ends of the earth have witnessed the salvation of our God.

Remember me, O Lord, when You favor Your people.Visit me with Your salvation [when You rescue them],

I will lift up the cup of salvationAnd call on the name of the Lord.

The Lord is my strength and song,And He has become my salvation.

The sound of joyful shouting and salvation is in the tents of the righteous:The right hand of the Lord does valiantly.

I will give thanks to You, for You have heard and answered me;And You have become my salvation [my Rescuer, my Savior].

Vav.May Your lovingkindness also come to me, O Lord,Your salvation according to Your promise;

Kaph.My soul languishes and grows weak for Your salvation;I wait for Your word.

My eyes fail [with longing, watching] for [the fulfillment of] Your salvation,And for [the fulfillment of] Your righteous word.

Salvation is far from the wicked,For they do not seek Your statutes.

I hope and wait [with complete confidence] for Your salvation, O Lord,And I do Your commandments.

I long for Your salvation, O Lord,And Your law is my delight.

“Her priests also I will clothe with salvation,And her godly ones will shout aloud for joy.

“O God the Lord, the strength of my salvation,You have covered my head in the day of battle.

Who gives salvation to kings,Who sets David His servant free from the evil sword.

For the Lord takes pleasure in His people;He will beautify the humble with salvation.

“Behold, God, my salvation!I will trust and not be afraid,For the Lord God is my strength and song;Yes, He has become my salvation.”

Therefore with joy you will draw waterFrom the springs of salvation.

Because you [Judah] have forgotten the God of your salvationAnd have not remembered the Rock of your Stronghold—Therefore you plant lovely plantsAnd set the grounds with vine slips of a strange god,

It will be said in that day,“Indeed, this is our God for whom we have waited that He would save us.This is the Lord for whom we have waited;Let us shout for joy and rejoice in His salvation.”

In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:“We have a strong city;He sets up salvation as walls and ramparts.

O Lord, be gracious to us; we have waited [expectantly] for You.Be the arm of Your servants every morning [that is, their strength and their defense],Our salvation also in the time of trouble.

And He will be the security and stability of your times,A treasure of salvation, wisdom and knowledge;The fear of the Lord is your treasure.

“Rain down, O heavens, from above,Let the clouds pour down righteousness [all the blessings of God];Let the earth open up, let salvation bear fruit,And righteousness spring up with it;I, the Lord, have created it.

Israel has been saved by the LordWith an everlasting salvation;You will not be put to shame or humiliatedfor all eternity.

“It shall be said of Me, ‘Only in the Lord are righteousness and strength.’To Him people will come,And all who were angry at Him will be put to shame.

“In the Lord all the offspring of IsraelWill be justified (declared free of guilt) and will glory [in God].”

“I bring near My righteousness [in the salvation of Israel], it is not far away;And My salvation will not delay.And I will grant salvation in Zion,And My glory for Israel.

He says, “It is too trivial a thing that You should be My ServantTo raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the survivors of Israel;I will also make You a light to the nationsThat My salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”

This is what the Lord says,“In a favorable time I have answered You,And in a day of salvation I have helped You;And I will keep watch over You and give You for a covenant of the people,To restore the land [from its present state of ruin] and to apportion and give as inheritances the deserted hereditary lands,

Listen carefully, all you who kindle your own fire [devising your own man-made plan of salvation],Who surround yourselves with torches,Walk by the light of your [self-made] fireAnd among the torches that you have set ablaze.But this you will have from My hand:You will lie down in [a place of] torment.

“My righteousness (justice) is near, My salvation has gone forth,And My arms will judge the peoples;The islands and coastlands will wait for Me,And they will wait with hope and confident expectation for My arm.

“Lift up your eyes to the heavens,Then look to the earth beneath;For the heavens will be torn to pieces and vanish like smoke,And the earth will wear out like a garmentAnd its inhabitants will die in like manner.But My salvation will be forever,And My righteousness (justice) [and faithfully fulfilled promise] will not be broken.

“For the moth will eat them like a garment,And the worm will eat them like wool.But My righteousness and justice [faithfully promised] will exist forever,And My salvation to all generations.”

How beautiful and delightful on the mountainsAre the feet of him who brings good news,Who announces peace,Who brings good news of good [things],Who announces salvation,Who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”

The Lord has bared His holy arm (His infinite power)Before the eyes of all the nations [revealing Himself as the One by Whom Israel is redeemed from captivity],That all the ends of the earth may seeThe salvation of our God.

“Listen carefully, I have appointed him [David, representing the Messiah] to be a witness to the nations [regarding salvation],A leader and commander to the peoples.