'Down' in the Bible

I lie down and sleep, I wake up, because the LORD sustains me.

I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, LORD, enable me to live securely. To the Director: For flutes. A Davidic Psalm

The nations have sunk down into the pit they made, their feet are ensnared in the trap they set.

The victim is crushed, and he sinks down; the helpless fall by their might.

The LORD looks down from the heavens upon humanity to see if anyone shows discernment as he searches for God.

Now they have encircled our paths and are determined to cast us down to the ground.

He reached down and took me; he drew me from many waters.

Indeed, you deliver the oppressed, but you bring down those who exalt themselves in their own eyes.

I struck them down, so they are not able to rise up; they fell under my feet.

While they bowed down and fell, we arose and stood upright.

My strength is dried up like broken pottery; my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth, and you have brought me down to the dust of death.

All the prosperous people will eat and bow down in submission. All those who are about to go down to the grave will bow down in submission, along with the one who can no longer keep himself alive.

He causes me to lie down in pastures of green grass; he guides me beside quiet waters.

Because they do not understand the deeds of the LORD or the work of his hands, He will tear them down and never build them up.

"What profit is there in my death if I go down to the Pit? Can dust worship you? Can it proclaim your faithfulness?"

When the LORD looks down from heaven, he observes every human being.

From his dwelling place, he looks down on all the inhabitants of the earth.

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

I paced about as for my friend or my brother, and fell down mourning as one weeps for one's mother.

There, those who do evil have fallen; They have been thrown down, and they cannot get up. Davidic

The wicked take out a sword and bend the bow, to bring down the humble and the poor to slay those who are righteous in conduct.

Though he stumbles, he will not fall down flat, for the LORD will hold up his hand.

because your arrows have sunk deep into me, and your hand has come down hard on me.

I am bent over and walk about greatly bowed down; all day long I go around mourning.

Through you we will knock down our oppressors; through your name we will tread down those who rise up against us.

But God will tear you down forever; he will take you away, even snatching you out of your tent! He will uproot you from the land of the living. Interlude

God looks down from the heavens upon humanity to see if anyone shows discernment as he searches for God.

because of the voice of the enemy, and because of the oppression of the wicked. They bring down evil upon me, and in anger they hate me.

Look, I want to flee far away; I want to settle down in the wilderness. Interlude

But you, God, bring them down to the Pit of corruption; bloodthirsty and deceitful people will not live out half their days. But I put my full confidence in you. To the Director: A special Davidic psalm to the tune of "A Silent Dove Far Away," when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

Cast them away because of their wickedness. In wrath, God, cast down these people!

I am surrounded by lions. I lie down with those who burn with fire that is, with people whose teeth are like spears and arrows whose tongues are like sharp swords.

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

They plan to cast him down from his exalted position. They delight in lies; their mouth utters blessings, while their heart is cursing. Interlude

But as for those who seek to destroy me, they will go down to the depths of the earth;

the land quaked. Indeed, the heavens poured down rain from the presence of God, this God of Sinai, from the presence of God, the God of Israel.

When you men lie down among the sheepfolds, you are like the wings of the dove covered with silver, with its feathers in glittering gold."

May the nomads bow down before him, and his enemies lick the dust.

May all kings bow down to him, and all nations serve him.

now they're tearing down all its carved work with hatchets and hammers.

They say to themselves, "We'll crush them completely;" They burned down all the meeting places of God in the land.

I will cut down the strength of the wicked, but the strength of the righteous will be lifted up. To the Director: With stringed instruments. A psalm of Asaph. A song.

so that manna rained down on them for food and he sent them the grain of heaven.

Why did you break down its walls so that those who pass by pluck its fruits?

God of the Heavenly Armies, return! Look down from heaven and see. Show care toward this vine.

Truth sprouts up from the ground, while righteousness looks down from the sky.

You have caused his splendor to cease and cast down his throne to the ground.

Come! Let us worship and bow down; let us kneel in the presence of the LORD, who made us.

Exalt the LORD our God; worship and bow down at his footstool; He is holy!

For when he looked down from his holy heights the LORD looked over the earth from heaven

When the sun rises, they gather and lie down in their dens.

He struck down every firstborn in their land, the first fruits of all their progeny.

Those who go down to the sea in ships, who work in the great waters,

He calmed the storm and its waves quieted down.

Neither can the dead praise the LORD, nor those who go down into the silence of death.

"I will not enter my house, or lie down on my bed,

It is like precious oil on the head, descending to the beard even to Aaron's beard and flowing down to the edge of his robes.

It was the LORD who struck down the firstborn of Egypt, including both men and animals.

He struck down many nations, killing many kings

to the one who struck down great kings, for his gracious love is everlasting

There we sat down and cried by the rivers of Babylon as we remembered Zion.

Remember the day of Jerusalem's fall, LORD, because of the Edomites, who kept saying, "Tear it down! Tear it right down to its foundations!"

I will bow down in worship toward your holy Temple and give thanks to your name for your gracious love and truth, for you have done great things to carry out your word consistent with your name.

If I rise to heaven, there you are! If I lay down with the dead, there you are!

If I take wings with the dawn and settle down on the western horizon

Let not the slanderer become established in the land. May evil quickly hunt down the violent man.

Reach down your hand from your high place; rescue me and deliver me from mighty waters, from the control of foreigners.

The LORD supports everyone who falls and raises up those who are bowed down.

the LORD gives sight to the blind. The LORD lifts up those who are weighed down. The LORD loves the righteous.

He casts down his ice crystals like bread fragments. Who can endure his freezing cold?