'Lord' in the Bible

Make and keep your vowsto the Lord your God;let all who are around Him bring tributeto the awe-inspiring One.

I sought the Lord in my day of trouble.My hands were continually lifted upall night long;I refused to be comforted.

“Will the Lord reject foreverand never again show favor?

We must not hide them from their children,but must tell a future generationthe praises of the Lord,His might, and the wonderful worksHe has performed.

Therefore, the Lord heard and became furious;then fire broke out against Jacob,and anger flared up against Israel

Then the Lord awoke as if from sleep,like a warrior from the effects of wine.

How long, Yahweh? Will You be angry forever?Will Your jealousy keep burning like fire?

Pay back sevenfold to our neighborsthe reproach they have hurled at You, Lord.

Lord God of Hosts,how long will You be angrywith Your people’s prayers?

Restore us, Yahweh, the God of Hosts;look on us with favor, and we will be saved.

Those who hate the Lordwould pretend submission to Him;their doom would last forever.

Cover their faces with shameso that they will seek Your name Yahweh.

For the choir director: on the Gittith. A psalm of the sons of Korah.How lovely is Your dwelling place,Lord of Hosts.

I long and yearnfor the courts of the Lord;my heart and flesh cry out for the living God.

Even a sparrow finds a home,and a swallow, a nest for herselfwhere she places her young—near Your altars, Lord of Hosts,my King and my God.

Lord God of Hosts, hear my prayer;listen, God of Jacob.Selah

For the Lord God is a sun and shield.The Lord gives grace and glory;He does not withhold the goodfrom those who live with integrity.

Happy is the person who trusts in You,Lord of Hosts!

For the choir director. A psalm of the sons of Korah.Lord, You showed favor to Your land;You restored Jacob’s prosperity.

Show us Your faithful love, Lord,and give us Your salvation.

I will listen to what God will say;surely the Lord will declare peaceto His people, His godly ones,and not let them go back to foolish ways.

Also, the Lord will provide what is good,and our land will yield its crops.

A Davidic prayer.Listen, Lord, and answer me,for I am poor and needy.

Be gracious to me, Lord,for I call to You all day long.

Bring joy to Your servant’s life,because I turn to You, Lord.

For You, Lord, are kind and ready to forgive,rich in faithful love to all who call on You.

Lord, hear my prayer;listen to my plea for mercy.

Lord, there is no one like You among the gods,and there are no works like Yours.

All the nations You have madewill come and bow down before You, Lord,and will honor Your name.

Teach me Your way, Yahweh,and I will live by Your truth.Give me an undivided mind to fear Your name.

I will praise You with all my heart, Lord my God,and will honor Your name forever.

But You, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God,slow to anger and rich in faithful love and truth.

Show me a sign of Your goodness;my enemies will see and be put to shamebecause You, Lord, have helped and comforted me.

The Lord loves the gates of Zionmore than all the dwellings of Jacob.

When He registers the peoples,the Lord will record,“This one was born there.”Selah

A song. A psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choir director: according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.Lord, God of my salvation,I cry out before You day and night.

My eyes are worn out from crying.Lord, I cry out to You all day long;I spread out my hands to You.

But I call to You for help, Lord;in the morning my prayer meets You.

Lord, why do You reject me?Why do You hide Your face from me?

The Lord said,“I have made a covenant with My chosen one;I have sworn an oath to David My servant:

Lord, the heavens praise Your wonders—Your faithfulness also—in the assembly of the holy ones.

For who in the skies can compare with the Lord?Who among the heavenly beings is like the Lord?

Lord God of Hosts,who is strong like You, Lord?Your faithfulness surrounds You.

Happy are the people who know the joyful shout;Yahweh, they walk in the light of Your presence.

Surely our shield belongs to the Lord,our king to the Holy One of Israel.

How long, Lord? Will You hide Yourself forever?Will Your anger keep burning like fire?

Lord, where are the former acts of Your faithful lovethat You swore to David in Your faithfulness?

Remember, Lord, the ridicule against Your servants—in my heart I carry abuse from all the peoples—

how Your enemies have ridiculed, Lord,how they have ridiculed every step of Your anointed.

May the Lord be praised forever.Amen and amen.

BOOK IV(Psalms 90–106)A prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, You have been our refugein every generation.

Lord—how long?Turn and have compassion on Your servants.

Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us;establish for us the work of our hands—establish the work of our hands!

I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress,my God, in whom I trust.”

Because you have made the Lord—my refuge,the Most High—your dwelling place,

A psalm. A song for the Sabbath day.It is good to praise Yahweh,to sing praise to Your name, Most High,

For You have made me rejoice, Lord,by what You have done;I will shout for joybecause of the works of Your hands.

How magnificent are Your works, Lord,how profound Your thoughts!

But You, Lord, are exalted forever.

For indeed, Lord, Your enemies—indeed, Your enemies will perish;all evildoers will be scattered.

Planted in the house of the Lord,they thrive in the courts of our God.

to declare: “The Lord is just;He is my rock,and there is no unrighteousness in Him.”

The Lord reigns! He is robed in majesty;The Lord is robed, enveloped in strength.The world is firmly established;it cannot be shaken.

The floods have lifted up, Lord,the floods have lifted up their voice;the floods lift up their pounding waves.

Greater than the roar of many waters—the mighty breakers of the sea—the Lord on high is majestic.

Lord, Your testimonies are completely reliable;holiness is the beauty of Your housefor all the days to come.

Lord, God of vengeance—God of vengeance, appear.

Lord, how long will the wicked—how long will the wicked gloat?

Lord, they crush Your people;they afflict Your heritage.

They say, “The Lord doesn’t see it.The God of Jacob doesn’t pay attention.”

The Lord knows man’s thoughts;they are meaningless.

Lord, happy is the man You disciplineand teach from Your law

The Lord will not forsake His peopleor abandon His heritage,

If the Lord had not been my helper,I would soon rest in the silence of death.

If I say, “My foot is slipping,”Your faithful love will support me, Lord.

But the Lord is my refuge;my God is the rock of my protection.

He will pay them back for their sinsand destroy them for their evil.The Lord our God will destroy them.

Come, let us shout joyfully to the Lord,shout triumphantly to the rock of our salvation!

For the Lord is a great God,a great King above all gods.

Come, let us worship and bow down;let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.

Sing a new song to the Lord;sing to the Lord, all the earth.

Sing to Yahweh, praise His name;proclaim His salvation from day to day.

For the Lord is great and is highly praised;He is feared above all gods.

For all the gods of the peoples are idols,but the Lord made the heavens.

Ascribe to the Lord, you families of the peoples,ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.

Ascribe to Yahweh the glory of His name;bring an offering and enter His courts.

Worship the Lord in the splendor of His holiness;tremble before Him, all the earth.

Say among the nations: “The Lord reigns.The world is firmly established; it cannot be shaken.He judges the peoples fairly.”

before the Lord, for He is coming—for He is coming to judge the earth.He will judge the world with righteousnessand the peoples with His faithfulness.

The Lord reigns! Let the earth rejoice;let the many coasts and islands be glad.

The mountains melt like waxat the presence of the Lord—at the presence of the Lord of all the earth.

Zion hears and is glad,and the towns of Judah rejoicebecause of Your judgments, Lord.

For You, Lord,are the Most High over all the earth;You are exalted above all the gods.

You who love the Lord, hate evil!He protects the lives of His godly ones;He rescues them from the power of the wicked.

Be glad in Yahweh, you righteous ones,and praise His holy name.

A psalm.Sing a new song to the Lord,for He has performed wonders;His right hand and holy armhave won Him victory.

The Lord has made His victory known;He has revealed His righteousnessin the sight of the nations.

Shout to the Lord, all the earth;be jubilant, shout for joy, and sing.

Sing to the Lord with the lyre,with the lyre and melodious song.

With trumpets and the blast of the ram’s hornshout triumphantlyin the presence of the Lord, our King.