'God' in the Bible

God, Your faithful love is so valuablethat people take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.

The instruction of his God is in his heart;his steps do not falter.

I put my hope in You, Lord;You will answer, Lord my God.

Lord, do not abandon me;my God, do not be far from me.

He put a new song in my mouth,a hymn of praise to our God.Many will see and fearand put their trust in the Lord.

Lord my God, You have done many things—Your wonderful works and Your plans for us;none can compare with You.If I were to report and speak of them,they are more than can be told.

I delight to do Your will, my God;Your instruction lives within me.”

I am afflicted and needy;the Lord thinks of me.You are my helper and my deliverer;my God, do not delay.

May Yahweh, the God of Israel, be praisedfrom everlasting to everlasting.Amen and amen.

BOOK II(Psalms 42–72)For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As a deer longs for streams of water,so I long for You, God.

I thirst for God, the living God.When can I come and appear before God?

My tears have been my food day and night,while all day long people say to me,“Where is your God?”

I remember this as I pour out my heart:how I walked with many,leading the festive procession to the house of God,with joyful and thankful shouts.

Why am I so depressed?Why this turmoil within me?Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him,my Savior and my God.

The Lord will send His faithful love by day;His song will be with me in the night—a prayer to the God of my life.

I will say to God, my rock,“Why have You forgotten me?Why must I go about in sorrowbecause of the enemy’s oppression?”

My adversaries taunt me,as if crushing my bones,while all day long they say to me,“Where is your God?”

Why am I so depressed?Why this turmoil within me?Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him,my Savior and my God.

Vindicate me, God, and defend my causeagainst an ungodly nation;rescue me from the deceitful and unjust man.

For You are the God of my refuge.Why have You rejected me?Why must I go about in sorrowbecause of the enemy’s oppression?

Then I will come to the altar of God,to God, my greatest joy.I will praise You with the lyre,God, my God.

Why am I so depressed?Why this turmoil within me?Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him,my Savior and my God.

For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah.God, we have heard with our ears—our ancestors have told us—the work You accomplished in their days,in days long ago:

You are my King, my God,who ordains victories for Jacob.

We boast in God all day long;we will praise Your name forever.Selah

If we had forgotten the name of our Godand spread out our hands to a foreign god,

wouldn’t God have found this out,since He knows the secrets of the heart?

You are the most handsome of men;grace flows from your lips.Therefore God has blessed you forever.

Your throne, God, is forever and ever;the scepter of Your kingdom is a scepter of justice.

You love righteousness and hate wickedness;therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of joymore than your companions.

For the choir director. A song of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth.God is our refuge and strength,a helper who is always foundin times of trouble.

There is a river—its streams delight the city of God,the holy dwelling place of the Most High.

God is within her; she will not be toppled.God will help her when the morning dawns.

The Lord of Hosts is with us;the God of Jacob is our stronghold.Selah

“Stop your fighting—and know that I am God,exalted among the nations, exalted on the earth.”

Yahweh of Hosts is with us;the God of Jacob is our stronghold.Selah

For the choir director. A psalm of the sons of Korah.Clap your hands, all you peoples;shout to God with a jubilant cry.

God ascends among shouts of joy,the Lord, among the sound of trumpets.

Sing praise to God, sing praise;sing praise to our King, sing praise!

Sing a song of wisdom,for God is King of all the earth.

God reigns over the nations;God is seated on His holy throne.

The nobles of the peoples have assembledwith the people of the God of Abraham.For the leaders of the earth belong to God;He is greatly exalted.

A song. A psalm of the sons of Korah.The Lord is great and highly praisedin the city of our God.His holy mountain,

God is known as a strongholdin its citadels.

Just as we heard, so we have seenin the city of Yahweh of Hosts,in the city of our God;God will establish it forever.Selah

God, within Your temple,we contemplate Your faithful love.

Your name, God, like Your praise,reaches to the ends of the earth;Your right hand is filled with justice.

“This God, our God forever and ever—He will always lead us.”

Yet these cannot redeem a personor pay his ransom to God—

But God will redeem my lifefrom the power of Sheol,for He will take me.Selah

A psalm of Asaph.Yahweh, the God of gods speaks;He summons the earth from east to west.

From Zion, the perfection of beauty,God appears in radiance.

Our God is coming; He will not be silent!Devouring fire precedes Him,and a storm rages around Him.

The heavens proclaim His righteousness,for God is the Judge.Selah

“Listen, My people, and I will speak;I will testify against you, Israel.I am God, your God.

Sacrifice a thank offering to God,and pay your vows to the Most High.

But God says to the wicked:“What right do you have to recite My statutesand to take My covenant on your lips?

“Understand this, you who forget God,or I will tear you apart,and there will be no one to rescue you.

Whoever sacrifices a thank offering honors Me,and whoever orders his conduct,I will show him the salvation of God.”

For the choir director. A Davidic psalm, when Nathan the prophet came to him after he had gone to Bathsheba.Be gracious to me, God,according to Your faithful love;according to Your abundant compassion,blot out my rebellion.

God, create a clean heart for meand renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Save me from the guilt of bloodshed, God,the God of my salvation,and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.

The sacrifice pleasing to God is a broken spirit.God, You will not despise a broken and humbled heart.

This is why God will bring you down forever.He will take you, ripping you out of your tent;He will uproot you from the land of the living.Selah

“Here is the manwho would not make God his refuge,but trusted in the abundance of his riches,taking refuge in his destructive behavior.”

But I am like a flourishing olive treein the house of God;I trust in God’s faithful love forever and ever.

For the choir director: on Mahalath. A Davidic Maskil.The fool says in his heart, “God does not exist.”They are corrupt, and they do vile deeds.There is no one who does good.

God looks down from heaven on the human raceto see if there is one who is wise,one who seeks God.

Will evildoers never understand?They consume My people as they consume bread;they do not call on God.

Then they will be filled with terror—terror like no other—because God will scatterthe bones of those who besiege you.You will put them to shame,for God has rejected them.

Oh, that Israel’s deliverance would come from Zion!When God restores the fortunes of His people,Jacob will rejoice; Israel will be glad.

For the choir director: with stringed instruments. A Davidic Maskil. When the Ziphites went and said to Saul, “Is David not hiding among us?”God, save me by Your name,and vindicate me by Your might!

God, hear my prayer;listen to the words of my mouth.

For strangers rise up against me,and violent men seek my life.They have no regard for God.Selah

God is my helper;the Lord is the sustainer of my life.

For the choir director: with stringed instruments. A Davidic Maskil.God, listen to my prayerand do not ignore my plea for help.

We used to have close fellowship;we walked with the crowd into the house of God.

But I call to God,and the Lord will save me.

God, the One enthroned from long ago,will hear and will humiliate themSelahbecause they do not changeand do not fear God.

God, You will bring them downto the Pit of destruction;men of bloodshed and treacherywill not live out half their days.But I will trust in You.

For the choir director: according to “A Silent Dove Far Away.” A Davidic Miktam. When the Philistines seized him in Gath.Be gracious to me, God, for man tramples me;he fights and oppresses me all day long.

In God, whose word I praise,in God I trust; I will not fear.What can man do to me?

Will they escape in spite of such sin?God, bring down the nations in wrath.

Then my enemies will retreat on the day when I call.This I know: God is for me.

In God, whose word I praise,in the Lord, whose word I praise,

in God I trust; I will not fear.What can man do to me?

I am obligated by vows to You, God;I will make my thank offerings to You.

For You delivered me from death,even my feet from stumbling,to walk before God in the light of life.

For the choir director: “Do Not Destroy.” A Davidic Miktam. When he fled before Saul into the cave.Be gracious to me, God, be gracious to me,for I take refuge in You.I will seek refuge in the shadow of Your wingsuntil danger passes.

I call to God Most High,to God who fulfills His purpose for me.

He reaches down from heaven and saves me,challenging the one who tramples me.SelahGod sends His faithful love and truth.

God, be exalted above the heavens;let Your glory be over the whole earth.

My heart is confident, God, my heart is confident.I will sing; I will sing praises.

God, be exalted above the heavens;let Your glory be over the whole earth.

God, knock the teeth out of their mouths;Lord, tear out the young lions’ fangs.

Then people will say,“Yes, there is a reward for the righteous!There is a God who judges on earth!”

For the choir director: “Do Not Destroy.” A Davidic Miktam. When Saul sent agents to watch the house and kill him.Deliver me from my enemies, my God;protect me from those who rise up against me.

Lord God of Hosts, You are the God of Israel,rise up to punish all the nations;do not show grace to any wicked traitors.Selah

I will keep watch for You, my strength,because God is my stronghold.

My faithful God will come to meet me;God will let me look down on my adversaries.