'Soul' in the Bible

Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.

My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?

Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake.

Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?

The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee;

For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:

The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.

Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.

All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.

He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

{A Psalm of David.} Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.

His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.

O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.

Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:

O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;

Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.

To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.

Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.

My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.

The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.

Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.

Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.

And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.

They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.

Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.

I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

{To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah.} As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.

My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.

O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)

But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.

Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.

For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.

Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul.

He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.

They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.

For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?

{To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave.} Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.

My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.

For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.

{To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.} Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.

My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.

{A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.} O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:

My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.

But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.

Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.

{To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of David.} Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.

When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.

Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.

Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.

For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,

Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.

My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.

He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.

O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.

In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.

He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;

My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.

Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.

For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.

O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.

For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?

What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.

In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.

They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

{A Psalm of David.} Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.

Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:

Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul.

Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.

Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.

And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.

Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.

They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.

Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.

Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.

Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.