'God' in the Bible

For strangers have risen up against me. Violent men have sought after my soul. They haven't set God before them. Selah.

Behold, God is my helper. The Lord is the one who sustains my soul.

Listen to my prayer, God. Don't hide yourself from my supplication.

As for me, I will call on God. Yahweh will save me.

God, who is enthroned forever, will hear, and answer them. Selah. They never change, who don't fear God.

But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Silent Dove in Distant Lands." A poem by David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.

In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?

Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, God.

Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this, that God is for me.

In God, I will praise his word. In Yahweh, I will praise his word.

I have put my trust in God. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

Your vows are on me, God. I will give thank offerings to you.

For you have delivered my soul from death, and prevented my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." A poem by David, when he fled from Saul, in the cave.

Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge, until disaster has passed.

I cry out to God Most High, to God who accomplishes my requests for me.

He will send from heaven, and save me, he rebukes the one who is pursuing me. Selah. God will send out his loving kindness and his truth.

Be exalted, God, above the heavens! Let your glory be above all the earth!

My heart is steadfast, God, my heart is steadfast. I will sing, yes, I will sing praises.

Be exalted, God, above the heavens. Let your glory be over all the earth. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." A poem by David.

Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh.

so that men shall say, "Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth." For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." A poem by David, when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.

Deliver me from my enemies, my God. Set me on high from those who rise up against me.

You, Yahweh God of Armies, the God of Israel, rouse yourself to punish the nations. Show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah.

Oh, my Strength, I watch for you, for God is my high tower.

My God will go before me with his loving kindness. God will let me look at my enemies in triumph.

Consume them in wrath. Consume them, and they will be no more. Let them know that God rules in Jacob, to the ends of the earth. Selah.

To you, my strength, I will sing praises. For God is my high tower, the God of my mercy. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "The Lily of the Covenant." A teaching poem by David, when he fought with Aram Naharaim and with Aram Zobah, and Joab returned, and killed twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.

God, you have rejected us. You have broken us down. You have been angry. Restore us, again.

God has spoken from his sanctuary: "I will triumph. I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.

Haven't you, God, rejected us? You don't go out with our armies, God.

Through God we shall do valiantly, for it is he who will tread down our adversaries. For the Chief Musician. For a stringed instrument. By David.

Hear my cry, God. Listen to my prayer.

For you, God, have heard my vows. You have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.

My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him.

My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him.

With God is my salvation and my honor. The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.

Trust in him at all times, you 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.

God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.

But the king shall rejoice in God. Everyone who swears by him will praise him, for the mouth of those who speak lies shall be silenced. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

Hear my voice, God, in my complaint. Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

But God will shoot at them. They will be suddenly struck down with an arrow.

All mankind shall be afraid. They shall declare the work of God, and shall wisely ponder what he has done.

Praise waits for you, God, in Zion. To you shall vows be performed.

By awesome deeds of righteousness, you answer us, God of our salvation. You who are the hope of all the ends of the earth, of those who are far away on the sea;

You visit the earth, and water it. You greatly enrich it. The river of God is full of water. You provide them grain, for so you have ordained it.

Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth!

Tell God, "How awesome are your deeds! Through the greatness of your power, your enemies submit themselves to you.

Praise our God, you peoples! Make the sound of his praise heard,

For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined.

Come, and hear, all you who fear God. I will declare what he has done for my soul.

But most certainly, God has listened. He has heard the voice of my prayer.

Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor his loving kindness from me. For the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. A Psalm. A song.

May God be merciful to us, bless us, and cause his face to shine on us. Selah.

let the peoples praise you, God. Let all the peoples praise you.

Let the peoples praise you, God. Let all the peoples praise you.

The earth has yielded its increase. God, even our own God, will bless us.

God will bless us. All the ends of the earth shall fear him. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. A song.

Let God arise! Let his enemies be scattered! Let them who hate him also flee before him.

As smoke is driven away, so drive them away. As wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

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

Sing to God! Sing praises to his name! Extol him who rides on the clouds: to Yah, his name! Rejoice before him!

A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

God sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners with singing, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.

God, when you went forth before your people, when you marched through the wilderness... Selah.

The earth trembled. The sky also poured down rain at the presence of the God of Sinai -- at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

You, God, sent a plentiful rain. You confirmed your inheritance, when it was weary.

Your congregation lived therein. You, God, prepared your goodness for the poor.

Why do you look in envy, you rugged mountains, at the mountain where God chooses to reign? Yes, Yahweh will dwell there forever.

The chariots of God are tens of thousands and thousands of thousands. The Lord is among them, from Sinai, into the sanctuary.

You have ascended on high. You have led away captives. You have received gifts among men, yes, among the rebellious also, that Yah God might dwell there.

Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burdens, even the God who is our salvation. Selah.

God is to us a God of deliverance. To Yahweh, the Lord, belongs escape from death.

But God will strike through the head of his enemies, the hairy scalp of such a one as still continues in his guiltiness.

They have seen your processions, God, even the processions of my God, my King, into the sanctuary.

"Bless God in the congregations, even the Lord in the assembly of Israel!"

Your God has commanded your strength. Strengthen, God, that which you have done for us.

Princes shall come out of Egypt. Ethiopia shall hurry to stretch out her hands to God.

Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth! Sing praises to the Lord! Selah.

Ascribe strength to God! His excellency is over Israel, his strength is in the skies.

You are awesome, God, in your sanctuaries. The God of Israel gives strength and power to his people. Praise be to God! For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Lilies." By David.

Save me, God, for the waters have come up to my neck!

I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail, looking for my God.

God, you know my foolishness. My sins aren't hidden from you.

Don't let those who wait for you be shamed through me, Lord Yahweh of Armies. Don't let those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, God of Israel.

But as for me, my prayer is to you, Yahweh, in an acceptable time. God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation.

But I am in pain and distress. Let your salvation, God, protect me.

I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.

The humble have seen it, and are glad. You who seek after God, let your heart live.

For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah. They shall settle there, and own it.

Hurry, God, to deliver me. Come quickly to help me, Yahweh.

Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let those who love your salvation continually say, "Let God be exalted!"

But I am poor and needy. Come to me quickly, God. You are my help and my deliverer. Yahweh, don't delay.

Rescue me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

saying, "God has forsaken him. Pursue and take him, for no one will rescue him."

God, don't be far from me. My God, hurry to help me.

God, you have taught me from my youth. Until now, I have declared your wondrous works.

Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, don't forsake me, until I have declared your strength to the next generation, your might to everyone who is to come.

Your righteousness also, God, reaches to the heavens; you have done great things. God, who is like you?