Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.
Come to Me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and petition, along with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.In a place of green grass, there He has made me dwell; He has nourished me by the water of rest.He has restored my soul; He has guided me into the paths of righteousness, for His name's sake.
I will both lie down in peace and sleep; for You alone, O Lord, have caused me to dwell securely.
Praise of a Song, by David. He that dwells in the help of the Highest, shall sojourn under the shelter of the God of heaven.He shall say to the Lord, You are my helper and my refuge; my God; I will trust in Him.
And the works of righteousness shall be peace; and righteousness shall ensure rest, and the righteous shall be confident forever.And His people shall inhabit a city of peace, and dwell in it in confidence, and they shall rest with wealth.
Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
Submit yourself to the Lord, and make supplication to Him; do not fret because of him that prospers in his way, at the man that does unlawful deeds.
Cast your cares upon the Lord, and He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.
but they that wait on God shall renew their strength; they shall put forth new feathers like eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own affairs. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
For the end, A Psalm of David to Jeduthun. Shall not my soul be subjected to God? For from Him is my salvation.For He is my God, and my savior; my helper, I shall not be greatly moved.
Trust in God with all your heart; and be not exalted in your own wisdom.In all your ways acquaint yourself with her, that she may rightly direct your paths.
Thus says the Lord, the Holy Lord of Israel; When you shall turn and mourn, then you shall be saved; and you shall know where you were, when you trusted in vanities; then your strength became vain, yet you would not hearken;
Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and let your heart be strengthened; yea, wait on the Lord!
Your mercy, O Lord, has helped me. O Lord, according to the multitude of my griefs within my heart, Your consolation has soothed my soul.
I foresaw the Lord always before my face; for He is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.
Fear not; for I am with you; wander not; for I am your God, who has strengthened you; and I have helped you, and have established you with My righteous right hand.
A meek-spirited man is a healer of the heart, but passion is a corruption to the bones.
These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation; but have courage, I have overcome the world."
Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace always in every way. The Lord be with you all.
Why are you downcast, O my soul? And why do you trouble me? Hope in God; for I will give thanks to Him; He is the salvation of my countenance.
A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Edom. O God, my God, I cry to You early; my soul has thirsted for You: how often has my flesh longed after You, in a barren and trackless and dry land!
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
For you shall go forth with joy, and shall be taught with gladness; for the mountains and the hills shall exalt to welcome you with joy, and all the trees of the field shall applaud with their branches.
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His praises;who forgives all your transgressions, who heals all your diseases;who redeems your life from corruption; who crowns you with mercy and compassion;who satisfies your desire with good things; so that your youth shall be renewed like that of the eagle.
A Song of Degrees. They that trust in the Lord shall be as Mount Zion: he that dwells in Jerusalem shall never be moved.
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.
Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The fear of the Lord is life to a man; and he shall lodge without fear in places where knowledge is not seen.
For the Lord loves mercy and truth; God will give grace and glory; the Lord will not withhold good things from them that walk in innocence.
A Psalm of David, before he was anointed. The Lord is my light and my Savior; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the defender of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Then there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God.For he who has entered into His rest also rested himself from his works, as God did from His own.Let us therefore be diligent to enter into that rest, lest anyone falls in the same example of disobedience.
And if you pass through water, I am with you; and the rivers shall not overflow you; and if you go through the fire, you shall not be burned; the flame shall not burn you.
For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and who destroyed the dividing wall of separation,
For You have been my helper, and in the shelter of Your wings will I rejoice.My soul has kept very close behind You: Your right hand has upheld me.
The Lord also has become a refuge for the poor, a seasonable help, in affliction.And let them that know Your name hope in You - for You, O Lord, have not failed them that diligently seek You.
Let your way of life be without loving money, being satisfied with what you have. For He Himself has said, "By no means shall I desert you, nor in any way shall I forsake you;"so that being confident, we may say: "The LORD is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?"
For the end, among the Hymns of David. O God, hearken to my petition; attend to my prayer.From the ends of the earth have I cried to You, when my heart was in trouble; You lifted me up on a rock; You guided me;
I laid down and slept; I awoke, for the Lord will help me.I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, who beset me round about.
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment. But he that fears has not been made perfect in love.
My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.And I give to them eternal life, and they shall never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.
Prove me, O God, and know my heart; examine me, and know my paths;and see if there is any way of iniquity in me, and lead me in an everlasting way.
They shall be afraid, but I will trust in You.In God (I will praise His word); all the day long have I hoped in God; I will not fear; what shall man do to me?
Behold, my God is my Savior; I will trust in Him, and not be afraid; for the Lord is my glory and my praise, and has become my salvation.
And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.
Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
And a man shall hide his words, and be hidden, as from rushing water, and shall appear in Zion as a rushing river, glorious in a thirsty land.
but the Lord God became my helper; therefore I was not ashamed, but I set my face as a solid rock; and I know that I shall never be ashamed,
"Because of this I say to you, do not worry about your life--what you shall eat, or what you shall drink--nor about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap, nor do they gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth more than they?Which of you by worrying is able to add one cubit to his stature?
And I said, O, that I had wings as those of a dove! Then would I fly away, and be at rest.
And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness." Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my weaknesses, in order that the power of Christ may rest upon me.Therefore I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in calamities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For whenever I am weak, then I am strong.
How have You multiplied Your mercy, O God! So the children of men shall trust in the shelter of Your wings.They shall be fully satisfied with the fatness of Your house; and You shall cause them to drink of the full stream of Your delights.
Will a woman forget her child, so as not to have compassion upon the offspring of her womb? But if a woman should even forget these, yet I will not forget you, says the Lord.Behold, I have painted your walls on My hands, and you are continually before Me.
For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come,nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Nevertheless, my soul is subjected to God; for of Him is my patient hope.For He is my God and my Savior; my helper, I shall not be moved.
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.
The Lord is my helper and my defender; my heart has hoped in Him, and I am helped; my flesh has revived, and willingly will I give praise to Him.
I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; because apart from Me you can do nothing.
But blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope is the Lord.And he shall be as a thriving tree by the waters, and he shall cast forth his root toward a moist place. He shall not fear when heat comes, and there shall be shady branches upon him; he shall not fear in a year of drought, and he shall not fail to bear fruit.
The name of the Lord is of great strength; and the righteous running to it are exalted.
Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. He that follows Me shall by no means walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.
For behold, I have blotted your transgressions out as a cloud, and your sin as darkness; turn to Me, and I will redeem you.
As for my God, His way is perfect: the oracles of the Lord are tried in the fire; He is a protector of all them that hope in Him.
For anger is in His wrath, but life in His favor; weeping shall tarry for the evening, but joy comes in the morning.
Keep me as the apple of Your eye from those that resist Your right hand; You shall screen me by the covering of Your wings,
For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,who comforts us in all our tribulation, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, by means of the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
and shall return, and come to Zion with joy, and everlasting joy shall be over their head; for on their head shall be praise and exaltation, and joy shall take possession of them; sorrow and pain, and groaning have fled away.
And He commands the storm, and it is calmed into a gentle breeze, and its waves are still.And they are glad, because they are quiet; and He guides them to their desired haven.
And this is the confidence that we have toward Him, that if we should ask anything according to His will, He hears us.And if we know that He hears us, whatever we may ask, we know that we have the requests that we have requested from Him.
Turn to Me, and you shall be saved, you that come from the end of the earth; I am God, and there is none other.
Therefore let us come boldly to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me; He has sent Me to preach the gospel to the poor, to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind;to declare the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of recompense; to comfort all that mourn;that there should be given to them that mourn in Zion glory instead of ashes, the oil of joy to the mourners, the garment of glory for the spirit of heaviness; and they shall be called generations of righteousness, the planting of the Lord for glory.
For in the day of my afflictions He hid me in His tabernacle; He sheltered me in the secret of His tabernacle; He set me up on a rock.
For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again unto fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father."
Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and a good hope by grace,comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and work.
which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and secure, and which enters into the inner side of the veil,
shall the mountains depart, nor shall your hills be removed; so neither shall My mercy fail you, nor shall the covenant of your peace be at all removed; for the Lord who is gracious to you has spoken it.
Do not fear, little flock, because your Father is well pleased to give to you the kingdom.
having been persuaded of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Christ Jesus;
For one day in Your courts is better than thousands. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of God, than dwell in the tents of sinners.
But let all that trust in You be glad in You: they shall rejoice forever, and You shall dwell among them; and all that love Your name shall rejoice in You.
They shall be delivered up to the law; our salvation is our treasure; there is wisdom and knowledge and godliness toward the Lord; these are the treasures of righteousness.
And the works of righteousness shall be peace; and righteousness shall ensure rest, and the righteous shall be confident forever.
For "He that desires to love life and see good days, let him stop his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking guile.Let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it.
Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the everlasting covenant,make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing before Him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
The mountains are round about her, and so the Lord is round about His people, from this time forth and forever.
Some glory in chariots, and some in horses: but we will glory in the name of the Lord our God.
For the end, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the Lord; and He attended to me, and hearkened to my supplication.
I sought the Lord diligently, and He hearkened to me, and delivered me from all my sojournings.
Therefore we do not despair, but even if our outward man is being destroyed, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day.For our momentary light affliction is working out for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory,while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are for a season, but the things which are not seen last forever.
The Lord is near to them that are of a contrite heart; and will save the lowly in spirit.
Where shall I go from Your Spirit? And to where shall I flee from Your presence?If I should go up to heaven, You are there: if I should go down to hell, You are present.If I should spread my wings to fly straight forward, and sojourn at the extremity of the sea, it would be vain,for even there Your hand would guide me, and Your right hand would hold me.
Hope in Him, all you congregation of the people; pour out your hearts before Him, for God is our helper. Pause.
But You, O Lord God, are compassionate and merciful, longsuffering, and abundant in mercy and true.
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Therefore we also pray always concerning you that our God may count you worthy of this calling, and may fulfill all the good pleasure of His goodness and the work of faith with power,in order that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Be not wise in your own conceit; but fear God, and depart from all evil.Then shall there be health to your body, and good keeping to your bones.
And now thus says the Lord God that made you, O Jacob, and formed you, O Israel, Fear not; for I have redeemed you, I have called you by your name; you are Mine.
For Your mercy is better than life: my lips shall praise You.Thus will I bless You during my life: I will lift up my hands in Your name.
For our citizenship exists in heaven, from which also we eagerly await for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,who will transform our lowly body, that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the working by which He is able even to subject all things to Himself.
God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
For whether we live, we live to the Lord; and whether we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live, or whether we die, we are the Lord's.
Your mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,into an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and unfading, reserved in the heavens for you,who by the power of God are being guarded through faith for the salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.He who calls you is faithful, who also will do this.
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
Show me Your ways, O Lord; and teach me Your paths.Lead me in Your truth, and teach me; for You are God my Savior; and I have waited on You all the day.
that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power by His Spirit in the inner man,that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; being rooted and founded in love,that you may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and depth and height--and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.