'Saints' in the Bible

“Now then arise, O Lord God, [and come] to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your strength and power. Let Your priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation and let Your godly ones rejoice in [Your] goodness.

As for the saints (godly people) who are in the land,They are the majestic and the noble and the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.

Sing to the Lord, O you His godly ones,And give thanks at the mention of His holy name.

O love the Lord, all you His godly ones!The Lord preserves the faithful [those with moral and spiritual integrity]And fully repays the [self-righteousness of the] arrogant.

O [reverently] fear the Lord, you His saints (believers, holy ones);For to those who fear Him there is no want.

For the Lord delights in justiceAnd does not abandon His saints (faithful ones);They are preserved forever,But the descendants of the wicked will [in time] be cut off.

“Gather My godly ones to Me,Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”

I will thank You forever, because You have done it, [You have rescued me and kept me safe].I will wait on Your name, for it is good, in the presence of Your godly ones.

They have given the dead bodies of Your servants as food to the birds of the heavens,The flesh of Your godly ones to the beasts of the earth.

I will hear [with expectant hope] what God the Lord will say,For He will speak peace to His people, to His godly ones—But let them not turn again to folly.

You who love the Lord, hate evil;He protects the souls of His godly ones (believers),He rescues them from the hand of the wicked.

Precious [and of great consequence] in the sight of the LordIs the death of His godly ones [so He watches over them].

Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness (right living),And let Your godly ones shout for joy.

“Her priests also I will clothe with salvation,And her godly ones will shout aloud for joy.

All Your works shall give thanks to You and praise You, O Lord,And Your godly ones will bless You.

Praise the Lord!Sing to the Lord a new song,And praise Him in the congregation of His godly ones (believers).

Let the godly ones exult in glory;Let them sing for joy on their beds.

To execute on them the judgment written.This is the honor for all His godly ones.Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)

He guards the paths of justice;And He preserves the way of His saints (believers).

Your dead will live;Their dead bodies will rise.You who lie in the dust, awake and shout for joy!For your dew is a dew of [celestial] light [heavenly, supernatural],And the earth will give birth to the spirits of the dead.

But the saints (believers) of the Most High [God] will receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever, for all ages to come.’

As I kept looking, that horn was making war with the saints (believers) and overpowering them

until the Ancient of Days came and judgment was passed in favor of the saints of the Most High [God], and the time arrived when the saints (believers) took possession of the kingdom.

He will speak words against the Most High [God] and wear down the saints of the Most High, and he will intend to change the times and the law; and they will be given into his hand for a time, [two] times, and half a time [three and one-half years].

Then the kingdom and the dominion and the greatness of all the kingdoms under the whole heaven will be given to the people of the saints (believers) of the Most High; His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all the dominions will serve and obey Him.’

And [in my vision] this horn grew up to the host of heaven, and caused some of the host and some of the stars to fall to the earth, and it trampled on them.

“His power will be mighty, but not by his own power;And he will corrupt and destroy in an astonishing mannerAnd [he will] prosper and do exactly as he wills;He shall corrupt and destroy mighty men and the holy people.

You will flee by the valley of My mountains, for the valley of the mountains will reach to Azel; and you will flee just as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come, and all the holy ones (believers, angels) with Him.