'Us' in the Bible

Thou, O Jehovah, dost preserve them, Thou keepest us from this generation to the age.

O Jehovah, save the king, He doth answer us in the day we call!

Let Thy kindness, O Jehovah, be upon us, As we have waited for Thee!

Much hast Thou done, Jehovah my God; Thy wonders and Thy thoughts toward us, There is none to arrange unto Thee, I declare and speak: They have been more than to be numbered.

To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. An Instruction. O God, with our ears we have heard, Our fathers have recounted to us, The work Thou didst work in their days, In the days of old.

For Thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And those hating us Thou hast put to shame.

In anger Thou hast cast off and causest us to blush, And goest not forth with our hosts.

Thou causest us to turn backward from an adversary, And those hating us, Have spoiled for themselves.

Thou makest us food like sheep, And among nations Thou hast scattered us.

Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a reproach to our surrounders.

Thou makest us a simile among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples.

All this met us, and we did not forget Thee, Nor have we dealt falsely in Thy covenant.

But Thou hast smitten us in a place of dragons, And dost cover us over with death-shade.

Stir up -- why dost Thou sleep, O Lord? Awake, cast us not off for ever.

Arise, a help to us, And ransom us for thy kindness' sake.

To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. 'For the Virgins.' -- A song. God is to us a refuge and strength, A help in adversities found most surely.

Jehovah of Hosts is with us, A tower for us is the God of Jacob. Selah.

Jehovah of hosts is with us, A tower for us is the God of Jacob! Selah.

He leadeth peoples under us, and nations under our feet.

He doth choose for us our inheritance, The excellency of Jacob that He loves. Selah.

That this God is our God -- To the age and for ever, He -- he doth lead us over death!

To the Overseer with stringed instruments. -- An instruction, by David, in the coming in of the Ziphim, and they say to Saul, 'Is not David hiding himself with us?' O God, by Thy name save me, and by Thy might judge me.

To the Overseer. -- 'Concerning the Lily of Testimony,' a secret treasure of David, to teach, in his striving with Aram-Naharaim, and with Aram-Zobah, and Joab turneth back and smiteth Edom in the valley of Salt -- twelve thousand. O God, Thou hadst cast us off, Thou hadst broken us -- hadst been angry! -- Thou dost turn back to us.

Thou hast shewn Thy people a hard thing, Thou hast caused us to drink wine of trembling.

That Thy beloved ones may be drawn out, Save with Thy right hand, and answer us.

Is it not Thou, O God? hast Thou cast us off? And dost Thou not go forth, O God, with our hosts!

Give to us help from adversity, And vain is the deliverance of man.

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

By fearful things in righteousness Thou answerest us, O God of our salvation, The confidence of all far off ends of earth and sea.

For Thou hast tried us, O God, Thou hast refined us as the refining of silver.

Thou hast brought us into a net, Thou hast placed pressure on our loins.

Thou hast caused man to ride at our head. We have entered into fire and into water, And Thou bringest us out to a watered place.

To the Overseer, with stringed instruments. -- A Psalm, a Song. God doth favour us and bless us, Doth cause His face to shine with us. Selah.

Earth hath given her increase, God doth bless us -- our God,

God doth bless us, and all ends of earth fear Him!

Blessed is the Lord, day by day He layeth on us. God Himself is our salvation. Selah.

God Himself is to us a God for deliverances, And Jehovah Lord hath the outgoings of death.

Thy God hath commanded thy strength, Be strong, O God, this Thou hast wrought for us.

They said in their hearts, 'Let us oppress them together,' They did burn all the meeting-places of God in the land.

Our ensigns we have not seen, There is no more a prophet, Nor with us is one knowing how long.

That we have heard and do know, And our fathers have recounted to us.

Remember not for us the iniquities of forefathers, Haste, let Thy mercies go before us, For we have been very weak.

Help us, O God of our salvation, Because of the honour of Thy name, And deliver us, and cover over our sins, For Thy name's sake.

O God, cause us to turn back, And cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved.

Thou makest us a strife to our neighbours, And our enemies mock at it.

God of Hosts, turn us back, And cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved.

And we do not go back from Thee, Thou dost revive us, and in Thy name we call.

O Jehovah, God of Hosts, turn us back, Cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved!

Who have said, 'Let us occupy for ourselves The comely places of God.'

Turn back to us, O God of our salvation, And make void Thine anger with us.

To the age art Thou angry against us? Dost Thou draw out Thine anger To generation and generation?

Dost Thou not turn back? Thou revivest us, And Thy people do rejoice in Thee.

Show us, O Jehovah, thy kindness, And Thy salvation Thou dost give to us.

A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, a habitation Thou -- Thou hast been, To us -- in generation and generation,

To number our days aright let us know, And we bring the heart to wisdom.

Satisfy us at morn with Thy kindness, And we sing and rejoice all our days.

Cause us to rejoice according to the days Wherein Thou hast afflicted us, The years we have seen evil.

And let the pleasantness of Jehovah our God be upon us, And the work of our hands establish on us, Yea, the work of our hands establish it!

Know that Jehovah He is God, He made us, and we are His, His people -- and the flock of His pasture.

Not according to our sins hath He done to us, Nor according to our iniquities Hath He conferred benefits upon us.

As the distance of east from west He hath put far from us our transgressions.

Save us, O Jehovah our God, and gather us from the nations, To give thanks to Thy holy name, To glory in Thy praise.

That Thy beloved ones may be delivered, Save with Thy right hand, and answer us.

Hast not Thou, O God, cast us off? And Thou goest not out, O God, with our hosts!

Give to us help from adversity, And vain is the salvation of man.

Not to us, O Jehovah, not to us, But to Thy name give honour, For Thy kindness, for Thy truth.

Jehovah hath remembered us, He blesseth, He blesseth the house of Israel, He blesseth the house of Aaron,

For mighty to us hath been His kindness, And the truth of Jehovah is to the age. Praise ye Jah!

God is Jehovah, and He giveth to us light, Direct ye the festal-sacrifice with cords, Unto the horns of the altar.

Thou hast commanded us Thy precepts to keep diligently,

Lo, as eyes of men-servants Are unto the hand of their masters, As eyes of a maid-servant Are unto the hand of her mistress, So are our eyes unto Jehovah our God, Till that He doth favour us.

Favour us, O Jehovah, favour us, For greatly have we been filled with contempt,

A Song of the Ascents, by David. Save for Jehovah -- who hath been for us, (Pray, let Israel say),

Save for Jehovah -- who hath been for us, In the rising up of man against us,

Then alive they had swallowed us up, In the burning of their anger against us,

Then the waters had overflowed us, The stream passed over our soul,

Blessed is Jehovah who hath not given us, A prey to their teeth.

Jehovah did great things with us, We have been joyful.

Who in our lowliness hath remembered us, For to the age is His kindness.

And He delivereth us from our adversaries, For to the age is His kindness.

For there our captors asked us the words of a song, And our spoilers -- joy: 'Sing ye to us of a song of Zion.'

O daughter of Babylon, O destroyed one, O the happiness of him who repayeth to thee thy deed, That thou hast done to us.

If they say, 'Come with us, we lay wait for blood, We watch secretly for the innocent without cause,

Thy lot thou dost cast among us, One purse is -- to all of us.'

There is a thing of which one saith: 'See this, it is new!' already it hath been in the ages that were before us!

The end of the whole matter let us hear: -- 'Fear God, and keep His commands, for this is the whole of man.

Seize ye for us foxes, Little foxes -- destroyers of vineyards, Even our sweet-smelling vineyards.

What is thy beloved above any beloved, O fair among women? What is thy beloved above any beloved, That thus thou hast adjured us?

Unless Jehovah of Hosts had left to us a remnant, Shortly -- as Sodom we had been, To Gomorrah we had been like!

And gone have many peoples and said, 'Come, and we go up unto the mount of Jehovah, Unto the house of the God of Jacob, And He doth teach us of His ways, And we walk in His paths, For from Zion goeth forth a law, And a word of Jehovah from Jerusalem.

When one layeth hold on his brother, Of the house of his father, by the garment, 'Come, a ruler thou art to us, And this ruin is under thy hand.'

And taken hold have seven women on one man, In that day, saying, 'Our own bread we do eat, And our own raiment we put on, Only, let thy name be called over us, Remove thou our reproach.'

And I hear the voice of the Lord, saying: 'Whom do I send? and who doth go for Us?' And I say, 'Here am I, send me.'

For a Child hath been born to us, A Son hath been given to us, And the princely power is on his shoulder, And He doth call his name Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace.

Even firs have rejoiced over thee, Cedars of Lebanon -- saying: Since thou hast lain down, The hewer cometh not up against us.

All of them answer and say unto thee, Even thou hast become weak like us! Unto us thou hast become like!

And one hath said in that day, 'Lo, this is our God, We waited for Him, and He saveth us, This is Jehovah, we have waited for Him, We joy and rejoice in His salvation.'

O Jehovah, Thou appointest peace to us, For, all our works also Thou hast wrought for us.

O Jehovah our God, lords have ruled us besides Thee, Only, by Thee we make mention of Thy name.

Because ye have said: 'We have made a covenant with death, And with Sheol we have made a provision, An overflowing scourge, when it passeth over, Doth not meet us, Though we have made a lie our refuge, And in falsehood have been hidden.'