Psalm 86:2

Lament And Petition

¹ Incline Your ear, O Lord, and answer me,
For I am distressed and needy [I long for Your help].
² 
Protect my life (soul), for I am godly and faithful;
O You my God, save Your servant, who trusts in You [believing in You and relying on You, confidently committing everything to You].
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Be gracious and merciful to me, O Lord,
For to You I cry out all the day long.

I Am God

I Am Holy

Save Me

Trust In You

Psalm 4:3

But know that the Lord has set apart for Himself [and dealt wonderfully with] the godly man [the one of honorable character and moral courage—the one who does right].
The Lord hears and responds when I call to Him.

Deuteronomy 7:7-8

“The Lord did not love you and choose you because you were greater in number than any of the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.

1 Samuel 2:9

“He guards the feet of His godly (faithful) ones,
But the wicked ones are silenced and perish in darkness;
For a man shall not prevail by might.

Psalm 13:5

But I have trusted and relied on and been confident in Your lovingkindness and faithfulness;
My heart shall rejoice and delight in Your salvation.

Psalm 16:1

Keep and protect me, O God, for in You I have placed my trust and found refuge.

Psalm 18:19

He brought me out into a broad place;
He rescued me because He was pleased with me and delighted in me.

Psalm 25:2

O my God, in You I [have unwavering] trust [and I rely on You with steadfast confidence],
Do not let me be ashamed or my hope in You be disappointed;
Do not let my enemies triumph over me.

Psalm 31:1

In You, O Lord, I have placed my trust and taken refuge;
Let me never be ashamed;
In Your righteousness rescue me.

Psalm 31:14

But as for me, I trust [confidently] in You and Your greatness, O Lord;
I said, “You are my God.”

Psalm 37:28

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

Psalm 50:5

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

Psalm 119:94

I am Yours, save me [as Your own];
For I have [diligently] sought Your precepts and required them [as my greatest need].

Psalm 119:124-125

Deal with Your servant according to Your [gracious] lovingkindness,
And teach me Your statutes.

Psalm 143:12

In your lovingkindness, silence and destroy my enemies
And destroy all those who afflict my life,
For I am Your servant.

Isaiah 26:3-4

“You will keep in perfect and constant peace the one whose mind is steadfast [that is, committed and focused on You—in both inclination and character],
Because he trusts and takes refuge in You [with hope and confident expectation].

John 10:27-29

The sheep that are My own hear My voice and listen to Me; I know them, and they follow Me.

John 12:26

If anyone serves Me, he must [continue to faithfully] follow Me [without hesitation, holding steadfastly to Me, conforming to My example in living and, if need be, suffering or perhaps dying because of faith in Me]; and wherever I am [in heaven’s glory], there will My servant be also. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.

John 17:11

I am no longer in the world; yet they are still in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, so that they may be one just as We are.

Romans 9:18

So then, He has mercy on whom He wills (chooses), and He hardens [the heart of] whom He wills.

Romans 9:23-24

And what if He has done so to make known the riches of His glory to the objects of His mercy, which He has prepared beforehand for glory,

Romans 15:12-13

Again Isaiah says,

“There shall be a root of Jesse,
He who arises to rule [as King] over the Gentiles,
In Him shall the Gentiles hope.”

Ephesians 1:12-13

so that we who were the first to hope in Christ [who first put our confidence in Him as our Lord and Savior] would exist to the praise of His glory.

1 Peter 5:3-5

not lording it over those assigned to your care [do not be arrogant or overbearing], but be examples [of Christian living] to the flock [set a pattern of integrity for your congregation].