'God' in the Bible

But to the wicked God says,“What right have you to tell of My statutesAnd to take My covenant in your mouth?

“Now consider this, you who forget God,Or I will tear you in pieces, and there will be none to deliver.

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

For the choir director. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.Be gracious to 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 steadfast spirit within me.

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

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.

For the choir director. A Maskil of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul and said to him, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.”Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man?The lovingkindness of God endures all day long.

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

“Behold, the man who would not make God his refuge,But trusted in the abundance of his richesAnd was strong in his evil desire.”

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

For the choir director; according to Mahalath. A Maskil of David.The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God,”They are corrupt, and have committed abominable injustice;There is no one who does good.

God has looked down from heaven upon the sons of menTo see if there is anyone who understands,Who seeks after God.

Have the workers of wickedness no knowledge,Who eat up My people as though they ate breadAnd have not called upon God?

There they were in great fear where no fear had been;For God scattered the bones of him who encamped against you;You put them to shame, because God had rejected them.

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; on stringed instruments. A Maskil of David, when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, “Is not David hiding himself among us?”Save me, O God, by Your name,And vindicate me by Your power.

Hear my prayer, O God;Give ear 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;The Lord is the sustainer of my soul.

For the choir director; on stringed instruments. A Maskil of David.Give ear to my prayer, O God;And do not hide Yourself from my supplication.

We who had sweet fellowship togetherWalked in the house of God in the throng.

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

God will hear and answer them—Even the one who sits enthroned from of old— Selah.With whom there is no change,And who do not fear God.

But You, O God, will bring them down to the pit of destruction;Men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days.But I will trust in You.

For the choir director; according to Jonath elem rehokim. A Mikhtam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.Be gracious to me, O God, for man has trampled upon me;Fighting all day long he oppresses me.

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

Because of wickedness, cast them forth,In anger put 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 I have put my trust, I shall not be afraid.What can man do to me?

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

For You have delivered my soul from death,Indeed my feet from stumbling,So that I may walk before GodIn the light of the living.

For the choir director; set to Al-tashheth. A Mikhtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave.Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious to me,For my soul takes refuge in You;And in the shadow of Your wings I will take refugeUntil destruction passes by.

I will cry to God Most High,To God who accomplishes all things for me.

He will send from heaven and save me;He reproaches him who tramples upon me. Selah.God will send forth His lovingkindness and His truth.

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

My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast;I will sing, yes, I will sing praises!

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

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

And men will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous;Surely there is a God who judges on earth!”

For the choir director; set to Al-tashheth. A Mikhtam of David, when Saul sent men and they watched the house in order to kill him.Deliver me from my enemies, O my God;Set me securely on high away from those who rise up against me.

You, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel,Awake to punish all the nations;Do not be gracious to any who are treacherous in iniquity. Selah.

Because of his strength I will watch for You,For God is my stronghold.

My God in His lovingkindness will meet me;God will let me look triumphantly upon my foes.

Destroy them in wrath, destroy them that they may be no more;That men may know that God rules in JacobTo the ends of the earth. Selah.

O my strength, I will sing praises to You;For God is my stronghold, the God who shows me lovingkindness.

For the choir director; according to Shushan Eduth. A Mikhtam of David, to teach; when he struggled with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and smote twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.O God, You have rejected us. You have broken us;You have been angry; O, restore us.

God has spoken in His holiness:“I will exult, I will portion out Shechem and measure out the valley of Succoth.

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

Through God we shall do valiantly,And it is He who will tread down our adversaries.

For the choir director; on a stringed instrument. A Psalm of David.Hear my cry, O God;Give heed to my prayer.

Let me dwell in Your tent forever;Let me take refuge in the shelter of Your wings. Selah.

You will prolong the king’s life;His years will be as many generations.

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

My soul, wait in silence for God only,For my hope is from Him.

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

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

Once God has spoken;Twice I have heard this:That power belongs to God;

A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly;My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns 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 will glory,For the mouths of those who speak lies will be stopped.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint;Preserve my life from dread of the enemy.

But God will shoot at them with an arrow;Suddenly they will be wounded.

Then all men will fear,And they will declare the work of God,And will consider what He has done.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David. A Song.There will be silence before You, and praise in Zion, O God,And to You the vow will be performed.

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;

You visit the earth and cause it to overflow;You greatly enrich it;The stream of God is full of water;You prepare their grain, for thus You prepare the earth.

For the choir director. A Song. A Psalm.Shout joyfully to God, all the earth;

Say to God, “How awesome are Your works!Because of the greatness of Your power Your enemies will give feigned obedience to You.

Come and see the works of God,Who is awesome in His deeds toward the sons of men.

Bless our God, O peoples,And sound His praise abroad,

For You have tried us, O God;You have refined us as silver is refined.

Come and hear, all who fear God,And I will tell of what He has done for my soul.

But certainly God has heard;He has given heed to the voice of my prayer.

Blessed be God,Who has not turned away my prayerNor His lovingkindness from me.

For the choir director; with stringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song.God be gracious to us and bless us,And cause His face to shine upon us— Selah.

Let the peoples praise You, O God;Let all the peoples praise You.

Let the peoples praise You, O God;Let all the peoples praise You.

The earth has yielded its produce;God, our God, blesses us.

God blesses us,That all the ends of the earth may fear Him.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David. A Song.Let God arise, let His enemies be scattered,And let those who hate Him flee before Him.

As smoke is driven away, so drive them away;As wax melts before the fire,So let the wicked perish before God.

But let the righteous be glad; let them exult before God;Yes, let them rejoice with gladness.

Sing to God, sing praises to His name;Lift up a song for Him who rides through the deserts,Whose name is the Lord, and exult before Him.

A father of the fatherless and a judge for the widows,Is God in His holy habitation.

God makes a home for the lonely;He leads out the prisoners into prosperity,Only the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

O God, when You went forth before Your people,When You marched through the wilderness, Selah.

The earth quaked;The heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God;Sinai itself quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

You shed abroad a plentiful rain, O God;You confirmed Your inheritance when it was parched.

Your creatures settled in it;You provided in Your goodness for the poor, O God.

A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan;A mountain of many peaks is the mountain of Bashan.

Why do you look with envy, O mountains with many peaks,At the mountain which God has desired for His abode?Surely the Lord will dwell there forever.

The chariots of God are myriads, thousands upon thousands;The Lord is among them as at Sinai, in holiness.

You have ascended on high, You have led captive Your captives;You have received gifts among men,Even among the rebellious also, that the Lord God may dwell there.

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

God is to us a God of deliverances;And to God the Lord belong escapes from death.

Surely God will shatter the head of His enemies,The hairy crown of him who goes on in his guilty deeds.

They have seen Your procession, O God,The procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary.

Bless God in the congregations,Even the Lord, you who are of the fountain of Israel.

Your God has commanded your strength;Show Yourself strong, O God, who have acted on our behalf.