'God' in the Bible

We have heard with our ears, O God,Our fathers have told usThe work You did in their days,In the days of old.

You are my King, O God;Command victories and deliverance for Jacob (Israel).

In God we have boasted all the day long,And we will praise and give thanks to Your name forever. Selah.

If we had forgotten the name of our GodOr stretched out our hands to a strange god,

Would not God discover this?For He knows the secrets of the heart.

You are fairer than the sons of men;Graciousness is poured upon Your lips;Therefore God has blessed You forever.

And in Your majesty ride on triumphantlyFor the cause of truth and humility and righteousness;Let Your right hand guide You to awesome things.

Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;The scepter of uprightness is the scepter of Your kingdom.

You have loved righteousness (virtue, morality, justice) and hated wickedness;Therefore God, your God, has anointed YouAbove Your companions with the oil of jubilation.

God is our refuge and strength [mighty and impenetrable],A very present and well-proved help in trouble.

There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,The holy dwelling places of the Most High.

God is in the midst of her [His city], she will not be moved;God will help her when the morning dawns.

The Lord of hosts is with us;The God of Jacob is our stronghold [our refuge, our high tower]. Selah.

“Be still and know (recognize, understand) that I am God.I will be exalted among the nations! I will be exalted in the earth.”

The Lord of hosts is with us;The God of Jacob is our stronghold [our refuge, our high tower]. Selah.

O clap your hands, all you people;Shout to God with the voice of triumph and songs of joy.

God has ascended amid shouting,The Lord with the sound of a trumpet.

Sing praises to God, sing praises;Sing praises to our King, sing praises.

For God is the King of all the earth;Sing praises in a skillful psalm and with understanding.

God reigns over the nations;God sits on His holy throne.

The princes of the people have gathered together as the people of the God of Abraham,For the shields of the earth belong to God;He is highly exalted.

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised,In the city of our God, His holy mountain.

God, in her palaces,Has made Himself known as a stronghold.

As we have heard, so have we seenIn the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God:God will establish her forever. Selah.

We have thought of Your lovingkindness, O God,In the midst of Your temple.

As is Your name, O God,So is Your praise to the ends of the earth;Your right hand is full of righteousness (rightness, justice).

For this is God,Our God forever and ever;He will be our guide even until death.

None of them can by any means redeem [either himself or] his brother,Nor give to God a ransom for him—

Their inward thought is that their houses will continue forever,And their dwelling places to all generations;They have named their lands after their own names [ignoring God].

But God will redeem my life from the power of Sheol,For He will receive me. Selah.

The mighty One, God, the Lord, has spoken,And summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting [from east to west].

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,God has shone forth.

May our God come and not keep silent;Fire devours before Him,And around Him a mighty tempest rages.

And the heavens declare His righteousness,For God Himself is judge. Selah.

“Hear, O My people, and I will speak;O Israel, I will testify against you:I am God, your God.

“Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgivingAnd pay your vows to the Most High;

But to the wicked God says:“What right have you to recite My statutesOr to take My covenant on your lips?

“Now consider this, you who forget God,Or I will tear you in pieces, and there will be no one to rescue [you].

“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.”

Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness;According to the greatness of Your compassion blot out my transgressions.

Create in me a clean heart, O God,And renew a right and steadfast spirit within me.

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

My [only] sacrifice [acceptable] to God is a broken spirit;A broken and contrite heart [broken with sorrow for sin, thoroughly penitent], such, O God, You will not despise.

Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man?The lovingkindness of God endures all day long.

But God will break you down forever;He will take you away and tear you away from your tent,And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah.

“Look, [this is] the man who would not make God his strength [his stronghold and fortress],But trusted in the abundance of his riches,Taking refuge in his wealth.”

But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God;I trust [confidently] in the lovingkindness of God forever and ever.

The [empty-headed] fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”They are corrupt and evil, and have committed repulsive injustice;There is no one who does good.

God has looked down from heaven upon the children of menTo see if there is anyone who understands,Who seeks after God [who requires Him, who longs for Him as essential to life].

Have workers of wickedness no knowledge or no understanding?They eat up My people as though they ate breadAnd have not called upon God.

There they were, in great terror and dread, where there had been no terror or dread;For God scattered the bones of him who besieged you;You have put them to shame, because God has rejected them.

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.

Save me, O God, by Your name;And vindicate me by Your [wondrous] power.

Hear my prayer, O God;Listen to the words of my mouth.

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

Behold, God is my helper and ally;The Lord is the sustainer of my soul [my upholder].

Listen to my prayer, O God,And do not hide Yourself from my plea.

We who had sweet fellowship together,Who walked to the house of God in company.

As for me, I shall call upon God,And the Lord will save me.

God will hear and humble them,Even He who sits enthroned from old— Selah.Because in them there has been no change [of heart],And they do not fear God [at all].

But You, O God, will bring down the wicked to the pit of destruction;Men of blood and treachery will not live out half their days.But I will [boldly and unwaveringly] trust in You.

Be gracious to me, O God, for man has trampled on me;All day long the adversary oppresses and torments me.

In God, whose word I praise;In God I have put my trust;I shall not fear.What can mere man do to me?

Cast them out because of their wickedness.In anger bring down the peoples, O God!

Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call;This I know, that God is for me.

In God, whose word I praise,In the Lord, whose word I praise,

In God have I put my trust and confident reliance; I will not be afraid.What can man do to me?

Your vows are binding upon me, O God;I will give thank offerings to You.

For You have rescued my soul from death,Yes, and my feet from stumbling,So that I may walk before GodIn the light of life.

Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious and merciful to me,For my soul finds shelter and safety in You,And in the shadow of Your wings I will take refuge and be confidently secureUntil destruction passes by.

I will cry to God Most High,Who accomplishes all things on my behalf [for He completes my purpose in His plan].

He will send from heaven and save me;He calls to account him who tramples me down. Selah.God will send out His lovingkindness and His truth.

Be exalted above the heavens, O God;Let Your glory and majesty be over all the earth.

My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast and confident!I will sing, yes, I will sing praises [to You]!

Be exalted above the heavens, O God;Let Your glory and majesty be over all the earth.

O God, break their teeth in their mouth;Break out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord.

Men will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous;Surely there is a God who judges on the earth.”

Deliver me from my enemies, O my God;Set me securely on an inaccessibly high place away from those who rise up against me.

You, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel,Arise to punish all the nations;Spare no one and do not be merciful to any who treacherously plot evil. Selah.

O [God] my strength, I will watch for You;For God is my stronghold [my refuge, my protector, my high tower].

My God in His [steadfast] lovingkindness will meet me;God will let me look triumphantly on my enemies [who lie in wait for me].

Destroy them in wrath, destroy them so that they may be no more;Let them know that God rules over Jacob (Israel)To the ends of the earth. Selah.

To You, O [God] my strength, I will sing praises;For God is my stronghold [my refuge, my protector, my high tower], the God who shows me [steadfast] lovingkindness.

O God, You have rejected us and cast us off. You have broken [down our defenses and scattered] us;You have been angry; O restore us and turn again to us.

God has spoken in His holiness [in His promises]:“I will rejoice, I will divide [the land of] Shechem and measure out the Valley of Succoth [west to east].

Have You not rejected us, O God?And will You not go out with our armies?

Through God we will have victory,For He will trample down our enemies.

Hear my cry, O God;Listen to my prayer.

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

He will sit enthroned forever before [the face of] God;Appoint lovingkindness and truth to watch over and preserve him.

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

For God alone my soul waits in silence and quietly submits to Him,For my hope is from Him.

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

Trust [confidently] in Him at all times, O people;Pour out your heart before Him.God is a refuge for us. Selah.

God has spoken once,Twice I have heard this:That power belongs to God.

O God, You are my God; with deepest longing I will seek You;My soul [my life, my very self] thirsts for You, my flesh longs and sighs for You,In a dry and weary land where there is no water.

But the king will rejoice in God;Everyone who swears by Him [honoring the true God, acknowledging His authority and majesty] will glory,For the mouths of those who speak lies will be stopped.

Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint;Guard my life from the terror of the enemy.

But God will shoot them with an [unexpected] arrow;Suddenly they will be wounded.

Then all men will fear [God’s judgment];They will declare the work of God,And they will consider and wisely acknowledge what He has done.