'God' in the Bible

How blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people he has chosen as his own inheritance.

God protects all his bones; not one of them will be broken.

Wake up! Arouse yourself to vindicate me and argue my case, my God and my Lord.

Judge me according to your righteousness, LORD my God! But do not let them gloat over me.

An oracle that came to me about the transgressions of the wicked: There is no fear of God before his eyes.

Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your justice is like the great depths of the sea. You deliver both people and animals, LORD.

How precious is your gracious love, God! The children of men take refuge in the shadow of your wings.

For those blessed by God will inherit the land, but those cursed by him will be cut off.

The instruction of his God is in his heart; his steps will not slip.

Because I have placed my hope in you, LORD, you will answer, Lord, my God.

Don't forsake me, LORD. My God, do not be so distant from me.

He put a new song in my mouth, praise to our God! Many will watch and be in awe, and they will place their trust in the LORD.

LORD, my God, You have done great things: marvelous works and your thoughts toward us. There is no one who compares to you! I will try to recite your actions, even though there are too many to number.

I delight to do your will, my God. Your Law is part of my inner being."

But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think about me. You are my help and deliverer. My God, do not tarry too long! To the Director: A Davidic Psalm.

Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, from eternity to eternity. Amen and amen! To the Director: An instruction of the Sons of Korah.

As an antelope pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, God.

My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When may I come and appear in God's presence?

My tears have been my food day and night, while people keep asking me all day long, "Where is your God?"

These things I will recall as I pour out my troubles within me: I used to go with the crowd in a procession to the house of God, accompanied with shouts of joy and thanksgiving.

Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, for once again I will praise him, since his presence saves me.

My God, my soul feels depressed within me; therefore I will remember you from the land of Jordan, from the heights of Hermon, even from the foothills.

By day the LORD will command his gracious love, and by night his song is with me a prayer to the God of my life.

I will ask God, my Rock, "Why have you forsaken me? Why do I go around mourning under the enemy's oppression?"

Like the shattering of my bones are the taunts of my oppressors, saying to me all day long, "Where is your God?"

Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, for once again I will praise him, since his presence saves me and he is my God.

You be my judge, God, and plead my case against an unholy nation; rescue me from the deceitful and unjust man.

Since you are the God who strengthens me, why have you forsaken me? Why do I go around mourning under the enemy's oppression?"

Then I will approach the altar of God, even to God in whom my joy finds its source. Then I will praise you with the lyre, God, my God,

Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, because I will praise him once again, since his presence saves me and he is my God. To the Director: An instruction of the Sons of Korah.

God, we heard it with our ears; our ancestors told us about what you did in their day a long time ago.

You are my king, God, command victories for Jacob.

We will praise God all day long; and to your name we will give thanks forever. Interlude

If we had forgotten the name of our God or lifted our hands to a foreign god,

wouldn't God find out since he knows the secrets of the heart?

You are the most handsome of Adam's descendants; grace has anointed your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever.

Your throne, God, exists forever and ever, and the scepter of your kingdom is a righteous scepter.

You love justice and hate wickedness. That is why God, even your God, has anointed you rather than your companions with the oil of gladness.

God is our refuge and strength, a great help in times of distress.

Look! There is a river whose streams make the city of God rejoice, even the Holy Place of the Most High.

Since God is in her midst, she will not be shaken. God will help her at the break of dawn.

The LORD of the heavenly armies is with us; our refuge is the God of Jacob. Interlude

Be in awe and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted throughout the earth.

The LORD of the heavenly armies is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Interlude To the Director: A song by the Sons of Korah.

Clap your hands, all you nations! Shout to God with a loud cry of joy!

God has ascended on high with a shout, the LORD has ascended with the blast of a trumpet.

Sing songs to God! Sing songs! Sing songs to our King! Sing songs!

Indeed, God is king over all the earth; sing a song of praise.

God is king over the nations; God is seated on his holy throne.

The nobles among the nations have joined the people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God; he is greatly exalted. A song: Lyrics by the Sons of Korah.

Great is the LORD! For he is to be praised greatly, even in the city of our God, his holy mountain.

Within her citadels God is known as a place of refuge.

Just as we have heard, so have we seen; in the city of the LORD of the heavenly armies even in the city of our God God will establish her forever. Interlude

God, we have meditated on your gracious love in the midst of your Temple.

God, according to your name, so is your praise to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is filled with righteousness.

For this God is our God forever and ever. He will guide us until death. To the Director: A song by the Sons of Korah.

No man can redeem the life of another, nor can he give to God a sufficient payment for him

God will truly redeem me from the power of Sheol. He will surely receive me! Interlude

God, the LORD, has spoken. He has summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting place.

From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shined forth.

Our God has appeared and he has not been silent; a devouring fire blazed before him, and a mighty storm swirled around him.

The heavens revealed his justice, for God is himself the judge. Interlude

"Listen, my people, for I am making a pronouncement: Israel, I, God, your God, am testifying against you.

Offer to God a thanksgiving praise; pay your vows to the Most High.

As for the wicked, God says, "How dare you recite my statutes or speak about my covenant with your lips!

Consider this, you who have forgotten God Otherwise, I will tear you in pieces and there will be no deliverer:

Whoever offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, and I will reveal the salvation of God to whomever continues in my way." To the Director: A Davidic Psalm. When the prophet Nathan came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

Have mercy, God, according to your gracious love, according to your unlimited compassion, erase my transgressions.

God, create a pure heart in me, and renew a right attitude within me.

Deliver me from the guilt of shedding blood, God, God of my salvation. Then my tongue will sing about your righteousness.

True sacrifice to God is a broken spirit. A broken and chastened heart, God, you will not despise.

But God will tear you down forever; he will take you away, even snatching you out of your tent! He will uproot you from the land of the living. Interlude

"Look, here is a young man who refused to make God his strength; instead, he trusted in his great wealth and made his wickedness his strength.

But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the gracious love of God forever and ever.

Fools say to themselves "There is no God." They are corrupt and commit iniquity; not one of them practices what is good.

God looks down from the heavens upon humanity to see if anyone shows discernment as he searches for God.

Will those who do evil ever learn? They devour my people like they devour bread, and never call on God.

There the Israelis were seized with terror, when there was nothing to fear. For God scattered the bones of those who laid siege against you you put them to shame, for God rejected them.

Would that Israel's deliverance come out of Zion! When God restores the fortunes of his people, Jacob will rejoice and Israel will be glad. To the Director: With stringed instruments. A Davidic instruction, when the Ziphites came and told Saul, "David is hiding among us, is he not?"

God, by your name deliver me, and by your power vindicate me.

God, listen to my prayer, and pay attention to the words of my mouth.

For the arrogant have arisen against me; oppressors have sought to take my life. They do not keep God in mind! Interlude

Look, God is my helper; the Lord is with those who are guarding my life.

Pay attention to my prayer, God, and do not hide yourself from my appeal.

We had good fellowship together; and we even walked together in the house of God!

I call upon God, and the LORD will deliver me.

God, who is enthroned from long ago, will hear me and humble them. Interlude Because they do not repent, they do not fear God.

But you, God, bring them down to the Pit of corruption; bloodthirsty and deceitful people will not live out half their days. But I put my full confidence in you. To the Director: A special Davidic psalm to the tune of "A Silent Dove Far Away," when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

Have mercy on me, God, because men have harassed me. Those who oppress me have fought against me all day long.

In God, whose word I praise, in God I put my trust. I will not fear what mortal man can do to me.

Cast them away because of their wickedness. In wrath, God, cast down these people!

My enemies will retreat when I call on you. This has been my experience, because God is with me.

In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise,

in God I will put my trust. I will not fear what mortal man can do to me.

God, I have taken vows before you; therefore I will offer thanksgiving sacrifices to you.

For you have delivered me from death and my feet from stumbling, so that I may walk before God in the light of the living! To the Director: A special Davidic psalm to the tune of "Do Not Destroy," when he fled from Saul into a cave.

Have mercy on me, God, have mercy, for in you I have placed my trust. Even in the shadow of your wings will I find my refuge until this calamity passes.

I call upon the God Most High; to the God who completes what he began in me.

He will send help from heaven to deliver me from those who harass and despise me. Interlude God will send his gracious love and truth.

Be exalted above the heavens, God! May your glory cover the earth!