'Man' in the Bible

How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked,Nor stand in the path of sinners,Nor sit in the seat of scoffers!

But know that the Lord has set apart the godly man for Himself;The Lord hears when I call to Him.

You destroy those who speak falsehood;The Lord abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.

For it is You who blesses the righteous man, O Lord,You surround him with favor as with a shield.

If a man does not repent, He will sharpen His sword;He has bent His bow and made it ready.

What is man that You take thought of him,And the son of man that You care for him?

Arise, O Lord, do not let man prevail;Let the nations be judged before You.

For the wicked boasts of his heart’s desire,And the greedy man curses and spurns the Lord.

To vindicate the orphan and the oppressed,So that man who is of the earth will no longer cause terror.

For the choir director; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.Help, Lord, for the godly man ceases to be,For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.

He delivers me from my enemies;Surely You lift me above those who rise up against me;You rescue me from the violent man.

Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber;It rejoices as a strong man to run his course.

But I am a worm and not a man,A reproach of men and despised by the people.

Who is the man who fears the Lord?He will instruct him in the way he should choose.

I am forgotten as a dead man, out of mind;I am like a broken vessel.

You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the conspiracies of man;You keep them secretly in a shelter from the strife of tongues.

How blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity,And in whose spirit there is no deceit!

This poor man cried, and the Lord heard himAnd saved him out of all his troubles.

O taste and see that the Lord is good;How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!

Who is the man who desires lifeAnd loves length of days that he may see good?

Your righteousness is like the mountains of God;Your judgments are like a great deep.O Lord, You preserve man and beast.

Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him;Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way,Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.

Yet a little while and the wicked man will be no more;And you will look carefully for his place and he will not be there.

The steps of a man are established by the Lord,And He delights in his way.

I have seen a wicked, violent manSpreading himself like a luxuriant tree in its native soil.

Mark the blameless man, and behold the upright;For the man of peace will have a posterity.

But I, like a deaf man, do not hear;And I am like a mute man who does not open his mouth.

Yes, I am like a man who does not hear,And in whose mouth are no arguments.

“Behold, You have made my days as handbreadths,And my lifetime as nothing in Your sight;Surely every man at his best is a mere breath. Selah.

“Surely every man walks about as a phantom;Surely they make an uproar for nothing;He amasses riches and does not know who will gather them.

“With reproofs You chasten a man for iniquity;You consume as a moth what is precious to him;Surely every man is a mere breath. Selah.

How blessed is the man who has made the Lord his trust,And has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.

Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation;O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man!

No man can by any means redeem his brotherOr give to God a ransom for him—

But man in his pomp will not endure;He is like the beasts that perish.

Do not be afraid when a man becomes rich,When the glory of his house is increased;

Man in his pomp, yet without understanding,Is like the beasts that perish.

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.

“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 it is you, a man my equal,My companion and my familiar friend;

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?

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

O give us help against the adversary,For deliverance by man is in vain.

How long will you assail a man,That you may murder him, all of you,Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?

And lovingkindness is Yours, O Lord,For You recompense a man according to his work.

They devise injustices, saying,“We are ready with a well-conceived plot”;For the inward thought and the heart of a man are deep.

The righteous man will be glad in the Lord and will take refuge in Him;And all the upright in heart will glory.

Rescue me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked,Out of the grasp of the wrongdoer and ruthless man,

Arise, O God, and plead Your own cause;Remember how the foolish man reproaches You all day long.

For the wrath of man shall praise You;With a remnant of wrath You will gird Yourself.

Man did eat the bread of angels;He sent them food in abundance.

Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand,Upon the son of man whom You made strong for Yourself.

How blessed is the man whose strength is in You,In whose heart are the highways to Zion!

O Lord of hosts,How blessed is the man who trusts in You!

Preserve my soul, for I am a godly man;O You my God, save Your servant who trusts in You.

I am reckoned among those who go down to the pit;I have become like a man without strength,

What man can live and not see death?Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.

A Prayer of Moses, the man of God.Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations.

You turn man back into dustAnd say, “Return, O children of men.”

A senseless man has no knowledge,Nor does a stupid man understand this:

The righteous man will flourish like the palm tree,He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

He who chastens the nations, will He not rebuke,Even He who teaches man knowledge?

The Lord knows the thoughts of man,That they are a mere breath.

Blessed is the man whom You chasten, O Lord,And whom You teach out of Your law;

As for man, his days are like grass;As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

He causes the grass to grow for the cattle,And vegetation for the labor of man,So that he may bring forth food from the earth,

Man goes forth to his workAnd to his labor until evening.

He permitted no man to oppress them,And He reproved kings for their sakes:

He sent a man before them,Joseph, who was sold as a slave.

They reeled and staggered like a drunken man,And were at their wits’ end.

Oh give us help against the adversary,For deliverance by man is in vain.

Appoint a wicked man over him,And let an accuser stand at his right hand.

Because he did not remember to show lovingkindness,But persecuted the afflicted and needy man,And the despondent in heart, to put them to death.

Praise the Lord!How blessed is the man who fears the Lord,Who greatly delights in His commandments.

It is well with the man who is gracious and lends;He will maintain his cause in judgment.

The Lord is for me; I will not fear;What can man do to me?

It is better to take refuge in the LordThan to trust in man.

Beth.How can a young man keep his way pure?By keeping it according to Your word.

Redeem me from the oppression of man,That I may keep Your precepts.

How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them;They will not be ashamedWhen they speak with their enemies in the gate.

Behold, for thus shall the man be blessedWho fears the Lord.

He smote the firstborn of Egypt,Both of man and beast.

“May a slanderer not be established in the earth;May evil hunt the violent man speedily.”

And do not enter into judgment with Your servant,For in Your sight no man living is righteous.

O Lord, what is man, that You take knowledge of him?Or the son of man, that You think of him?

Man is like a mere breath;His days are like a passing shadow.

Do not trust in princes,In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation.

He does not delight in the strength of the horse;He does not take pleasure in the legs of a man.