'Salvation' in the Bible

“For Your salvation I wait, O Lord.

But Moses said to the people, “Do not fear! Stand by and see the salvation of the Lord which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you will never see them again forever.

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

“But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—You are grown fat, thick, and sleek—Then he forsook God who made him,And scorned the Rock of his salvation.

Then Hannah prayed and said,“My heart exults in the Lord;My horn is exalted in the Lord,My mouth speaks 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 makes me great.

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

“Truly is not my house so with God?For He has made an everlasting covenant with me,Ordered in all things, and secured;For all my salvation and all my desire,Will He not indeed make it grow?

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

Then say, “Save us, O God of our salvation,And gather us and deliver us from the nations,To give thanks to Your holy name,And glory in Your praise.”

“Now therefore arise, O Lord God, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your might; let Your priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation and let Your godly ones rejoice in what is good.

You need not fight in this battle; station yourselves, stand and see the salvation of the Lord on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem.’ Do not fear or be dismayed; tomorrow go out to face them, for the Lord is with you.”

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

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

That I may tell of all Your praises,That in the gates of the daughter of ZionI may rejoice in Your salvation.

But I have trusted in Your lovingkindness;My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation.

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

The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

You have also given me the shield of Your salvation,And Your right hand upholds me;And Your gentleness makes me great.

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

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.O Lord, in Your strength the king will be glad,And in Your salvation how greatly he will rejoice!

His glory is great through Your salvation,Splendor and majesty You place upon him.

He shall receive a blessing from the LordAnd righteousness from the God of his salvation.

Lead me in Your truth and teach me,For You are the God of my salvation;For You I wait all the day.

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?

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 forsake me,O God of my salvation!

Draw also the spear and the battle-axe to meet those who pursue me;Say to my soul, “I am your salvation.”

And my soul shall rejoice in the Lord;It shall exult in His salvation.

But the salvation of the righteous is from the Lord;He is their strength in time of trouble.

Make haste to help me,O Lord, my salvation!

I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart;I have spoken of Your faithfulness and Your salvation;I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great congregation.

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 thanksgiving honors Me;And to him who orders his way arightI shall show the salvation of God.”

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

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

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

For the choir director; according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.My soul waits in silence for God only;From Him is my salvation.

He only is my rock and my salvation,My stronghold; I shall not be greatly shaken.

He only is my rock and my salvation,My stronghold; I shall not be shaken.

On God my salvation and my glory rest;The rock of my strength, my refuge is in God.

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

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

Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden,The God who is our salvation. Selah.

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

Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;And let those who love Your salvation say continually,“Let God be magnified.”

My mouth shall tell of Your righteousnessAnd of Your salvation all day long;For I do not know the sum of them.

Because they did not believe in GodAnd did not trust in His salvation.

Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name;And deliver us and forgive 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 fear Him,That glory may dwell in our land.

A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choir director; according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.O Lord, the God of my salvation,I have cried out 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 let him see My salvation.”

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

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

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

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

Remember me, O Lord, in Your favor toward Your people;Visit me with Your salvation,

I shall lift up the cup of salvationAnd call upon 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 shall give thanks to You, for You have answered me,And You have become my salvation.

Vav.May Your lovingkindnesses also come to me, O Lord,Your salvation according to Your word;

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

My eyes fail with longing for Your salvationAnd for Your righteous word.

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

I hope for Your salvation, O Lord,And 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 sing 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 rescues David His servant from the evil sword.

Do not trust in princes,In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation.

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

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

Therefore you will joyously draw waterFrom the springs of salvation.

For you have forgotten the God of your salvationAnd have not remembered the rock of your refuge.Therefore you plant delightful plantsAnd set them with vine slips of a strange god.

And it will be said in that day,“Behold, this is our God for whom we have waited that He might save us.This is the Lord for whom we have waited;Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”

O Lord, be gracious to us; we have waited for You.Be their strength every morning,Our salvation also in the time of distress.

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

“Drip down, O heavens, from above,And let the clouds pour down righteousness;Let the earth open up and 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 humiliatedTo all eternity.

“I bring near My righteousness, it is not far off;And My salvation will not delay.And I will grant salvation in Zion,And My glory for Israel.

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

Thus says the Lord,“In a favorable time I have answered You,And in a day of salvation I have helped You;And I will keep You and give You for a covenant of the people,To restore the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritages;

“My righteousness is near, My salvation has gone forth,And My arms will judge the peoples;The coastlands will wait for Me,And for My arm they will wait expectantly.

“Lift up your eyes to the sky,Then look to the earth beneath;For the sky will 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 will not wane.

“For the moth will eat them like a garment,And the grub will eat them like wool.But My righteousness will be forever,And My salvation to all generations.”

How lovely on the mountainsAre the feet of him who brings good news,Who announces peaceAnd brings good news of happiness,Who announces salvation,And says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”

The Lord has bared His holy armIn the sight of all the nations,That all the ends of the earth may seeThe salvation of our God.

Thus says the Lord,“Preserve justice and do righteousness,For My salvation is about to comeAnd My righteousness to be revealed.

All of us growl like bears,And moan sadly like doves;We hope for justice, but there is none,For salvation, but it is far from us.

And He saw that there was no man,And was astonished that there was no one to intercede;Then His own arm brought salvation to Him,And His righteousness upheld Him.

He put on righteousness like a breastplate,And a helmet of salvation on His head;And He put on garments of vengeance for clothingAnd wrapped Himself with zeal as a mantle.

“Violence will not be heard again in your land,Nor devastation or destruction within your borders;But you will call your walls salvation, and your gates praise.

I will rejoice greatly in the Lord,My soul will exult in my God;For He has clothed me with garments of salvation,He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness,As a bridegroom decks himself with a garland,And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep quiet,Until her righteousness goes forth like brightness,And her salvation like a torch that is burning.

Behold, the Lord has proclaimed to the end of the earth,Say to the daughter of Zion, “Lo, your salvation comes;Behold His reward is with Him, and His recompense before Him.”

“I looked, and there was no one to help,And I was astonished and there was no one to uphold;So My own arm brought salvation to Me,And My wrath upheld Me.