VERSES ABOUT PRAYER

Think about what you need and ask God for it. Like any good parent, He knows what His children need. Prayer should absolutely include asking for things, because when you ask God for something, you're acknowledging your own limitations. Whatever your situation, bring your needs to the Lord – whether it's provision, protection, healing, or guidance – and just ask for His help.

Psalm 139:4¹ says, "Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely." Prayer unlocks the treasures of God's Kingdom. It's a key the Creator has placed right in your hand, and He wants you to use it.

It would be so easy for Him to just give you everything you need; everything belongs to Him, and the whole universe is under His command. He could easily provide for you without you ever having to ask. But that's not how He designed it. God loves you, and His greatest desire is to have a close relationship with you. Prayer is the channel through which His provision flows into your life.

Attend to the voice of my prayer, my King and my God.

Unto the end. A Psalm of David.

You created the north and the sea. Tabor and Hermon will exult in your name.

My soul has desired you in the night. But I will also watch for you with my spirit, in my inmost heart, from the morning. When you accomplish your judgments upon the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn justice.

Send a flash of lightning, and you will scatter them. Shoot your arrows, and you will set them in disarray.

In parts according to verses. A Psalm of David.

Because he has hoped in me, I will free him. I will protect him because he has known my name.

But you, when you pray, enter into your room, and having shut the door, pray to your Father in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will repay you.

A Psalm of David. Judge me, O God, and discern my cause from that of a nation not holy; rescue me from a man unjust and deceitful.For you are God, my strength. Why have you rejected me? And why do I walk in sadness, while the adversary afflicts me?

HETH. By the mercies of the Lord, we are not consumed. For his compassion has not passed away.HETH. I know it at first light; great is your faithfulness.

Therefore, let us go forth with confidence toward the throne of grace, so that we may obtain mercy, and find grace, in a helpful time.

I have hated the assembly of the malicious; and I will not sit with the impious.

I love those who love me. And those who stand watch for me until morning shall discover me.

Be anxious about nothing. But in all things, with prayer and supplication, with acts of thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known to God.And so shall the peace of God, which exceeds all understanding, guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

They will still be multiplied in a fruitful old age, and they will endure well,

I have become miserable, and I have been bent down, even to the end. I have walked with contrition all day long.

so that they may shoot arrows from hiding at the immaculate.They will suddenly shoot arrows at him, and they will not be afraid. They are resolute in their wicked talk. They have discussed hidden snares. They have said, "Who will see them?"

The Lord has given me a learned tongue, so that I would know how to uphold with a word, one who has weakened. He rises in the morning, he rises to my ear in the morning, so that I may heed him like a teacher.

By the fruit of their grain, wine, and oil, they have been multiplied.

A Canticle in steps: of David. O Lord, my heart has not been exalted, and my eyes have not been raised up. Neither have I walked in greatness, nor in wonders beyond me.

And so, let us not be deficient in doing good. For in due time, we shall reap without fail.

Alleluia. Praise the Lord, children. Praise the name of the Lord.

Rise up, my glory. Rise up, psaltery and harp. I will arise in early morning.

Reveal your way to the Lord, and hope in him, and he will accomplish it.

Will not Zion say that this man and that man were born in her? And the Most High himself has founded her.

Then you will call, and the Lord will heed; you will cry out, and he will say, "Here I am," if you take away the chains from your midst, and cease to point your finger and to speak what is not beneficial.

Ask, and it shall be given to you. Seek, and you shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you.

The sacrifices of the impious are abominable to the Lord. The vows of the just are appeasing.

in hope, rejoicing; in tribulation, enduring; in prayer, ever-willing;

For your testimonies are also my meditation, and your justifications are my counsel.

Do not be afraid, for I am with you. Do not turn away, for I am your God. I have strengthened you, and I have assisted you, and the right hand of my just one has upheld you.

The Lord is the strength of his people and the protector of the salvation of his Christ.

Of David himself. O Lord, judge those who harm me; assail those who attack me.

Cast all your cares upon him, for he takes care of you.

And the Lord has become a refuge for the poor, a helper in opportunity, in tribulation.

Unto the end. A Psalm of David.The head of those who encompass me, the labor of their lips, will overwhelm them.Burning coals will fall upon them. You will cast them down into the fire, into miseries that they will not be able to withstand.A talkative man will not be guided aright upon the earth. Evils will drag the unjust man unto utter ruin.I know that the Lord will accomplish justice for the needy and vindication for the poor.So then, truly, the just will confess your name, and the upright will dwell with your countenance.Rescue me, O Lord, from the evil man. Rescue me from the iniquitous leader.

Concerning the rest, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is chaste, whatever is just, whatever is holy, whatever is worthy to be loved, whatever is of good repute, if there is any virtue, if there is any praiseworthy discipline: meditate on these.

Preserve me, O Lord, from the hand of the sinner, and rescue me from men of iniquity. They have decided to supplant my steps.

I will cry out to God Most High, to God who has been kind to me.He sent from heaven and freed me. He has surrendered into disgrace those who trampled me. God has sent his mercy and his truth.

The sinner will see and become angry. He will gnash his teeth and waste away. The desire of sinners will perish.

The old error has gone away. You will serve peace: peace, for we have hoped in you.You have trusted in the Lord for all eternity, in the Lord God almighty forever.

They will suddenly shoot arrows at him, and they will not be afraid. They are resolute in their wicked talk. They have discussed hidden snares. They have said, "Who will see them?"They have been searching carefully for iniquities. Their exhaustive search has failed. Man will approach with a deep heart,

But let all those who hope in you rejoice. They will exult in eternity, and you will dwell in them. And all those who love your name will glory in you.

Listen to my prayer, O God, and despise not my supplication.

For so the dwelling place within you is with all rejoicing.

O Lord, you have blessed your land. You have turned aside the captivity of Jacob.

For my iniquities have walked over my head, and they have been like a heavy burden weighing upon me.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for justice, for they shall be satisfied.

O Lord, listen closely to my words. Understand my outcry.

But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will take up wings like eagles. They will run and not struggle. They will walk and not tire.

The Lord enlightens the blind. The Lord sets upright those who have been thrown down. The Lord loves the just.

Unto the end. A Psalm of David himself.

And similarly, the Spirit also helps our weakness. For we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit himself asks on our behalf with ineffable sighing.

The head of those who encompass me, the labor of their lips, will overwhelm them.

Unto the end. For her who pursues the inheritance. A Psalm of David.For there is no truth in their mouth: their heart is vain.Their throat is an open sepulcher. They have acted deceitfully with their tongues. Judge them, O God. Let them fall by their own intentions: according to the multitude of their impiety, expel them. For they have provoked you, O Lord.But let all those who hope in you rejoice. They will exult in eternity, and you will dwell in them. And all those who love your name will glory in you.For you will bless the just. You have crowned us, O Lord, as if with a shield of your good will.O Lord, listen closely to my words. Understand my outcry.

O Lord, free my soul from lips of iniquity and from the deceitful tongue.

The Lord is distant from the impious. And he will heed the prayers of the just.

Their mouth has been speaking vain things, and their right hand is the right hand of iniquity.

And know this: the Lord has made wondrous his holy one. The Lord will heed me when I cry out to him.

He has converted my soul. He has led me away on the paths of justice, for the sake of his name.

For the mountains will be moved, and the hills will tremble. But my mercy will not depart from you, and the covenant of my peace will not be shaken, said the Lord, who has compassion on you.

I wish that my ways may be directed so as to keep your justifications.

I give thanks to my God, with every remembrance of you,

Come to me, all you who labor and have been burdened, and I will refresh you.Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you shall find rest for your souls."Are you he who is to come, or should we expect another?"For my yoke is sweet and my burden is light."

Be subject to the Lord and pray to him. Do not choose to compete with him who prospers in his way, with the man who does injustice.Cease from wrath and leave behind rage. Do not choose to imitate the malicious.For those who are malicious will be exterminated. But those who remain with the Lord, these will inherit the land.

A Canticle Psalm. On the day of the Sabbath.

For the First Sabbath. A Psalm of David. The earth and all its fullness belong to the Lord: the whole world and all that dwells in it.

You will lead me out of this snare, which they have hidden for me. For you are my protector.

Behold, God is my savior, I will act faithfully, and I will not be afraid. For the Lord is my strength and my praise, and he has become my salvation."

In all your ways, consider him, and he himself will direct your steps.

Therefore, the Lord waits, so that he may take pity on you. And therefore, he will be exalted for sparing you. For the Lord is the God of judgment. Blessed are all those who wait for him.

Attend to my soul, and free it. Rescue me, because of my enemies.

Great is our Lord, and great is his virtue. And of his wisdom, there is no number.

Before the face of the Lord, the earth was moved, before the face of the God of Jacob.

And so, brothers, have faith in the entrance into the Holy of Holies by the blood of Christ,Otherwise, they would have ceased to be offered, because the worshipers, once cleansed, would no longer be conscious of any sin.and in the new and living Way, which he has initiated for us by the veil, that is, by his flesh,and in the Great Priest over the house of God.So, let us draw near with a true heart, in the fullness of faith, having hearts cleansed from an evil conscience, and bodies absolved with clean water.

A Psalm of David: to Jeremiah. Above the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and wept, while we remembered Zion.

A Canticle in steps. I rejoiced in the things that were said to me: "We shall go into the house of the Lord."Our feet were standing in your courts, O Jerusalem.

And in the path of your judgments, O Lord, we have endured for you. Your name and your remembrance are the desire of the soul.

All my bones will say, "Lord, who is like you?" He rescues the needy from the hand of the stronger one, the indigent and the poor from those who plunder him.

You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden.

Those planted in the house of the Lord will flourish in the courts of the house of our God.

So, what should we say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?

For you are God, my strength. Why have you rejected me? And why do I walk in sadness, while the adversary afflicts me?

The understanding of Asaph. O my people, attend to my law. Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.They have not kept the covenant of God. And they were not willing to walk in his law.And they have been forgetful of his benefits, and of his miracle, which he revealed to them.He performed miracles in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Tanis.He broke the sea and he led them through. And he stationed the waters, as if in a vessel.And he led them with a cloud by day, and with illumination by fire throughout the night.He broke through the rock in the wasteland, and he gave them to drink, as if from the great abyss.He brought forth water from the rock, and he conducted the waters, as if they were rivers.And yet, they continued to sin against him. In a waterless place, they provoked the Most High with resentment.And they tempted God in their hearts, by asking for food according to their desires.And they spoke badly about God. They said, "Would God be able to prepare a table in the desert?I will open my mouth in parables. I will speak about concepts that are from the beginning.

Reveal your way to the Lord, and hope in him, and he will accomplish it.And he will bring forth your justice like the light, and your judgment like the midday.

And may my God fulfill all your desires, according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Open your works to the Lord, and your intentions will be set in order.

By the willow trees, in their midst, we hung up our instruments.

For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek. For the same Lord is over all, richly in all who call upon him.

And this shall be: before they call out, I will perceive; while they are still speaking, I will hear.

Grief in the heart of a man humbles him. And with a good word he shall be made glad.

Their throat is an open sepulcher. They have acted deceitfully with their tongues. Judge them, O God. Let them fall by their own intentions: according to the multitude of their impiety, expel them. For they have provoked you, O Lord.

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