163 occurrences

'May' in the Bible

Deliverance comes from the LORD! May your blessing be on your people. Interlude To the Director: With stringed instruments. A Davidic Psalm

Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorDeliverance, Source OfPsalm InterjectionsMay God Bless!BlindnessBlessings From Goddeliverancebelonging

Many are asking, "Who will help us to see better days?" LORD, may the light of your favor shine upon us.

Verse ConceptsAfflictions, Prayer DuringFace Of GodLight, SpiritualCountenanceInfidelity To GodGod Giving LightNothing Good

Let all those who take refuge in you rejoice! Let them shout for joy forever, and may you protect them. Let those who love your name exult in you.

Verse ConceptsJoy, Of IsraelSingingSpiritual VitalityLove Towards God, Results InRejoicingShouting For JoyGod Being Our Defenceshelter

so I may declare everything for which you should be praised in the gates of the daughter of Zion, so I will rejoice in your deliverance.

Verse ConceptsGatesZion, As A SymbolPraise The Lord!You Will Rejoice In Salvation

to do justice for the orphan and the oppressed, so that men of the earth may cause terror no more. To the Director: A Davidic Song.

Verse ConceptsThose Not Fearingoppressionrehabilitationvindicationterrorism

May Israel's deliverance come from Zion! When the LORD restores the fortunes of his people, Jacob will rejoice, and Israel will be glad. A Davidic Psalm.

Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersJacob, The PatriarchRestorationRestoring NationsSalvation For IsraelRejoicing In SuccessSave Us!deliverance

from men, LORD, by your hand from men who belong to this world, whose reward is only in this life. But as for your treasured ones, may their stomachs be full, may their children have an abundance, and may they leave wealth to their offspring.

Verse ConceptsSpiritual MalnutritionLimitednessBabiesThriftSins Of The FathersLack Of HolinessFutility Of Worldly Pursuits

The LORD lives! Blessed be my Rock! May the God of my deliverance be exalted!

Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorGod, The RockRocksBlessed Be God!Leadership Qualities

May he send you help from the sanctuary, and may he sustain you from Zion.

Verse ConceptsGod Help!God's ProtectionPeace And StrengthSupporthelpzion

May he remember all your gifts, and may he accept your burnt offerings. Interlude

Verse ConceptsPsalm InterjectionsSpiritual WarfareSacrificeTithes And Offering

May he give you what your heart desires, and may he fulfill all your plans.

Verse ConceptsPlansBirthdaysGod Giving FreelyCareer SuccessTrusting God's Plan

Lift up your heads, gates! Be lifted up, ancient doors, so the King of Glory may come in.

Verse ConceptsDoorsThe Act Of OpeningOpening GatesLifting Headsancient Choirs

Lift up your heads, gates! Be lifted up, ancient doors, so the King of Glory may come in.

Verse ConceptsThe Act Of OpeningOpening GatesLifting Heads

so that I may sing praise to you and not remain silent. LORD, my God, I will give you thanks forever! To the Director: A Davidic Psalm.

Verse ConceptsEternal PraiseI Will Praise You With MusicWe Thank GodThank YouPraise And WorshipGrateful Heartawakening

LORD, may your gracious love be upon us, even as we hope in you. By David, when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, who drove him away. So David left.

Verse ConceptsHope, In GodHope And Love

May their path be dark and slippery, as the messenger of the LORD tracks them down.

Verse ConceptsWalking In DarknessSlipperynessDarkness Of EvilEvil WaysPersecutionPaths

May those who seek to destroy my life be ashamed and confounded; let them be driven backwards and humiliated, particularly those who wish me evil.

Verse ConceptsConfusiondisgraceAttempting To Kill MeHurtDisappointmenthurting

Let all who seek you shout for joy and be glad in you. May those who love your deliverance say, "The LORD be magnified!" continuously.

Verse ConceptsSeeking GodRejoicingLoving God's Things

But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think about me. You are my help and deliverer. My God, do not tarry too long! To the Director: A Davidic Psalm.

Verse Conceptsdelay, humanHelpfulnessPoverty, SpiritualDivine DelaysGod Not DelayingGod My SalvationGod HelpsHelping The PoorHelping Those In Needmindfulness

But you, LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up so that I may pay them back!

Verse ConceptsGod Lifting PeopleRepaying Evil For Evil

Send forth your light and your truth so they may guide me. Let them bring me to your holy mountain and to your dwelling places.

Verse ConceptsenlightenmentGuidance, Receiving God'sSaints, As PilgrimsGod Giving LightGod's Truth

Take note of her ramparts; investigate her citadels; that you may speak about them to the next generation.

Verse ConceptsTeaching ChildrenHer Strength

Let death seize them! May they be plunged alive into the afterlife, for wicked things are in their homes and among them.

Verse ConceptsGrave, TheSheolNearness Of DeathDeath Looms NearWhilst Alivenatural DeathHurt And BetrayalLoss Of A Loved Onesurprises

For you have delivered me from death and my feet from stumbling, so that I may walk before God in the light of the living! To the Director: A special Davidic psalm to the tune of "Do Not Destroy," when he fled from Saul into a cave.

Verse ConceptsFeeteternal life, nature ofTravelling With GodStumblingWalkingNot StumblingKept Alive By GodNot DyingDeath PreventedGod Saves From Trouble

Be exalted above the heavens, God! May your glory cover the earth! To the Director: A special Davidic psalm to the tune of "Do Not Destroy".

Verse ConceptsGlory, Revelation OfLordship, Human And Divine

May they flow away like rain water that runs off, may they become like someone who shoots broken arrows.

Verse ConceptsArrows

May they be like a snail that dries up as it crawls; like a woman's stillborn baby, who never saw the sun.

Verse ConceptsMiscarriagesMiscarriages And Stillborn

Don't kill them! Otherwise, my people may forget. By your power make them stumble around; bring them down low, Lord, our Shield.

Verse ConceptsScattering The PeoplesPeople Remembering

So your loved ones may be delivered, save us by your power and answer us quickly!

Verse ConceptsHand Of GodRight Hand Of GodSave Us!

Add day after day to the king's life; may his years continue for many generations.

Verse ConceptsLiving Long

May he be enthroned before God forever; Appoint your gracious love and truth to guard him.

Verse ConceptsGod's Truth

May they be given over to the power of the sword; may they become carrion for jackals.

May the earth yield its produce. May God, our God, bless us.

Verse ConceptsHarvestSeedLand ProducingGod Blesses

May God truly bless us so that all the nations of the earth will fear him. To the Director of music: A Psalm. A song.

Verse ConceptsReverence, And God's NatureGod's DominionGod BlessesThe Nations Before GodFear God!

You ascended to the heights, you took captives. You received gifts among mankind, even the rebellious, so the LORD God may live there.

Verse ConceptsGiftsGiving To GodChrist, The Head Of The ChurchGift Of The Holy SpiritCaptivity, MetaphoricallyMessianic PropheciesSubject To Christrebellion

that your feet may wade through blood. The tongues of your dogs will have their portions from your enemies."

Verse ConceptsdogsTongueAnimals Eating PeopleHuman Blood ShedThe TonguePets

As for me, LORD, may my prayer to you come at a favorable time. God, in the abundance of your gracious love, answer me with your sure deliverance.

Verse ConceptsThe Accepted TimePsalms As PrayersAssurance, nature ofGrace, In OtRight Time For GodGod Answering Prayers

May their dining tables entrap them, and become a snare for their allies.

Verse ConceptsTablesGod Trapping

May their eyes be blinded and may their bodies tremble continuously.

Verse ConceptsBackGroups TremblingGod Blinding

May you pour out your fury on them. May your burning anger overtake them.

Verse ConceptsGod's IndignationGod Angry With The Nations

May their camp become desolate and their tents remain unoccupied.

Verse ConceptsEmpty Places

May you punish them for their crimes; may they receive no verdict of innocence from you.

Verse ConceptsCondemnation Of The Wicked

May they be erased from the Book of Life, and their names not be written with the righteous.

Verse ConceptsObliterationRemoving People From Your Life

The afflicted will watch and rejoice. May you who seek God take courage.

Verse ConceptsMeeknessSeeking GodSpiritual Life, Maintained Byrevivalhumble

For God will deliver Zion and will rebuild the cities of Judah so they may live there and possess them.

Verse ConceptsBuilding CitiesGod Saves The NeedyGod's Will

May those who seek to kill me be publicly humiliated. May those who take pleasure in my harm be turned back in humiliation.

Verse ConceptsConfusionConfusion, Nature OfdisgraceSuffering, Of The InnocentAttempting To Kill MeHurthurting

May those who say "Aha! Aha!" be turned back because of their shameful deeds.

Verse ConceptsEvil SpeakingDuplicating WordsDespising People

Let those who seek you greatly rejoice in you. Let those who love your deliverance say, "May God be continuously exalted."

Verse ConceptsSeeking GodRejoicingPenitentLoving God's ThingsJoy And Happinessjoyful

Be my sheltering refuge where I may go continuously; command my deliverance for you are my rock and fortress.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsdefence, divineGod, The RockRefugeRocksGod Being Our RefugeProtection And Safety

May he rule your people with right decisions and your oppressed ones with justice.

Verse ConceptsLeaders, PoliticalChrist JudgingRighteousness Of ChristMaking Decisions

May the mountains bring prosperity to the people and the hills bring righteousness.

Verse ConceptsHillsMessianic AgePeace, Promised ToBlessings From The Mountains

May they fear you as long as the sun and moon shine from generation to generation.

Verse ConceptsGenerationsMoonEternal LoyaltyFear Of ChristSun Moon And Stars Before GodThe Moon

May he be like the rain that descends on mown grass, like showers sprinkling on the ground.

Verse ConceptsRainWeather, As God's JudgmentHoly Spirit, Types OfShowersMowingMetaphorical WateringLike Grass

May he rule from sea to sea, from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth.

Verse ConceptsAs Far As The Euphratesdominion

May the kings of Tarshish and of distant shores bring gifts, and may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer tribute.

Verse ConceptsGiftsGiving To OthersTaxationProphecies Concerning ChristIdentity

May he live long and be given gold from Sheba, and may prayer be offered for him continuously, and may he be blessed every day.

Verse ConceptsGoldUnceasingAlways PraisingIndeterminate Sums Of MoneyPrayer During Hard Times

May grain be abundant in the land all the way to the mountain tops; may its fruits flourish like the forests of Lebanon, and may the cities sprout like the grass of the earth.

Verse ConceptsCornGrainGrassLand ProducingBlessings From The Mountains

May his fame be eternal as long as the sun may his name endure, and may they be blessed through him, and may all nations call him blessed.

Verse ConceptsConsistencyMission, Of IsraelBlessing Through God's People

God of the Heavenly Armies, restore us and show your favor, so we may be delivered.

Verse ConceptsRestoring NationsAfflictions, Prayer DuringRestored JoyShining FacesGod Giving Light

May you support the man at your right hand; the son of man whom you have raised for yourself.

Verse ConceptsSon Of ManGod's HandGod Strengthening PeopleGod's Hands On PeopleBeing Yourself

Let me listen to what God, the LORD, says; for the LORD will promise peace to his people, to his holy ones; may they not return to foolishness.

Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfApostasy, Personal WarningsPeace, Divine In OtSaintsSpiritual PeacePaying Attention To GodPeace And StrengthPromisesspeakingpeople

Satisfy us in the morning with your gracious love so we may sing for joy and rejoice every day.

Verse ConceptsSatisfactionAt DaybreakIn The MorningFuture Rejoicing In God

May your awesome deeds be revealed to your servants, as well as your splendor to their children.

Verse ConceptsGlory Of God

My eyes are looking at the faithful of the land, so they may live with me; The one who lives a life of integrity will serve me.

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, To GodService To GodNames And Titles For The ChristianGod's Faithfulness

May the descendants of your servants live securely, and may their children be established in your presence." Davidic

Verse ConceptsChildren BlessedProtection And Safety

May the glory of the LORD last forever; may the LORD rejoice in his works!

Verse ConceptsDelight, God ExpressingGlory Of God

May my thoughts be pleasing to him; indeed, I will rejoice in the LORD!

Verse ConceptsJoy, Of IsraelMeditationPleasing GodMeditation On God Himself

May sinners disappear from the land and the wicked live no longer. Bless the LORD, my soul! Hallelujah!

Verse ConceptsPraiseSinnersPeople Passing AwayBless The Lord!

Deliver us, LORD our God, gather us from among the nations so we may praise your holy name and rejoice in praising you.

Verse ConceptsGathering IsraelSave Us!

Let whoever is wise observe these things, that they may comprehend the gracious love of the LORD. A song. A Davidic psalm.

Verse ConceptsLovingkindnessContemplationExperience, of lifeLove, Nature OfMeditationThoughtWisdom, Human Nature

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