Psalm 51
12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation
And sustain me with a willing spirit.
Psalm 56
1 Be gracious to me, O God, for man has trampled on me;
All day long the adversary oppresses and torments me.
2 My enemies have trampled upon me all day long,
For they are many who fight proudly against me.
3 When I am afraid,
I will put my trust and faith in You.
4 In God, whose word I praise;
In God I have put my trust;
I shall not fear.
What can mere man do to me?
5 All day long they twist my words and say hurtful things;
All their thoughts are against me for evil.
6 They attack, they hide and lurk,
They watch my steps,
As they have [expectantly] waited to take my life.
7 Cast them out because of their wickedness.
In anger bring down the peoples, O God!
8 You have taken account of my wanderings;
Put my tears in Your bottle.
Are they not recorded in Your book?
9 Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call;
This I know, that God is for me.
10 In God, whose word I praise,
In the Lord, whose word I praise,
11 In God have I put my trust and confident reliance; I will not be afraid.
What can man do to me?
12 Your vows are binding upon me, O God;
I will give thank offerings to You.
13 For You have rescued my soul from death,
Yes, and my feet from stumbling,
So that I may walk before God
In the light of life.
Psalm 59
16 But as for me, I will sing of Your mighty strength and power;
Yes, I will sing joyfully of Your lovingkindness in the morning;
For You have been my stronghold
And a refuge in the day of my distress.
17 To You, O [God] my strength, I will sing praises;
For God is my stronghold [my refuge, my protector, my high tower], the God who shows me [steadfast] lovingkindness.
Psalm 62
1 For God alone my soul waits in silence;
From Him comes my salvation.
7 On God my salvation and my glory rest;
He is my rock of [unyielding] strength, my refuge is in God.
Psalm 63
1 O God, You are my God; with deepest longing I will seek You;
My soul [my life, my very self] thirsts for You, my flesh longs and sighs for You,
In a dry and weary land where there is no water.
6 When I remember You on my bed,
I meditate and thoughtfully focus on You in the night watches,
7 For You have been my help,
And in the shadow of Your wings [where I am always protected] I sing for joy.
8 My soul [my life, my very self] clings to You;
Your right hand upholds me.
Psalm 68
4 Sing to God, sing praises to His name;
Lift up a song for Him who rides through the desert—
His name is the Lord—be in good spirits before Him.
5 A father of the fatherless and a judge and protector of the widows,
Is God in His holy habitation.
Psalm 73
25 Whom have I in heaven [but You]?
And besides You, I desire nothing on earth.
26 My flesh and my heart may fail,
But God is the rock and strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalm 78
53 He led them safely, so that they did not fear;
But the sea engulfed their enemies.
Psalm 86
5 For You, O Lord, are good, and ready to forgive [our sins, sending them away, completely letting them go forever and ever];
And abundant in lovingkindness and overflowing in mercy to all those who call upon You.
Psalm 90
1 Lord, You have been our dwelling place [our refuge, our sanctuary, our stability] in all generations.
2 Before the mountains were born
Or before You had given birth to the earth and the world,
Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are [the eternal] God.
3 You turn man back to dust,
And say, “Return [to the earth], O children of [mortal] men!”
4 For a thousand years in Your sight
Are like yesterday when it is past,
Or as a watch in the night.
5 You have swept them away like a flood, they fall asleep [forgotten as soon as they are gone];
In the morning they are like grass which grows anew—
6 In the morning it flourishes and springs up;
In the evening it wilts and withers away.
12 So teach us to number our days,
That we may cultivate and bring to You a heart of wisdom.
17 And let the [gracious] favor of the Lord our God be on us;
Confirm for us the work of our hands—
Yes, confirm the work of our hands.
Psalm 91
1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
Will remain secure and rest in the shadow of the Almighty [whose power no enemy can withstand].
2 I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress,
My God, in whom I trust [with great confidence, and on whom I rely]!”
3 For He will save you from the trap of the fowler,
And from the deadly pestilence.
4 He will cover you and completely protect you with His pinions,
And under His wings you will find refuge;
His faithfulness is a shield and a wall.
5 You will not be afraid of the terror of night,
Nor of the arrow that flies by day,
6 Nor of the pestilence that stalks in darkness,
Nor of the destruction (sudden death) that lays waste at noon.
7 A thousand may fall at your side
And ten thousand at your right hand,
But danger will not come near you.
8 You will only [be a spectator as you] look on with your eyes
And witness the [divine] repayment of the wicked [as you watch safely from the shelter of the Most High].
9 Because you have made the Lord, [who is] my refuge,
Even the Most High, your dwelling place,
10 No evil will befall you,
Nor will any plague come near your tent.
11 For He will command His angels in regard to you,
To protect and defend and guard you in all your ways [of obedience and service].
12 They will lift you up in their hands,
So that you do not [even] strike your foot against a stone.
13 You will tread upon the lion and cobra;
The young lion and the serpent you will trample underfoot.
14 “Because he set his love on Me, therefore I will save him;
I will set him [securely] on high, because he knows My name [he confidently trusts and relies on Me, knowing I will never abandon him, no, never].
15 “He will call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble;
I will rescue him and honor him.
16 “With a long life I will satisfy him
And I will let him see My salvation.”
Psalm 94
18 If I say, “My foot has slipped,”
Your compassion and lovingkindness, O Lord, will hold me up.
19 When my anxious thoughts multiply within me,
Your comforts delight me.
Psalm 95
6 O come, let us worship and bow down,
Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker [in reverent praise and prayer].
7 For He is our God
And we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand.
Today, if you will hear His voice,
Psalm 97
10 You who love the Lord, hate evil;
He protects the souls of His godly ones (believers),
He rescues them from the hand of the wicked.
Psalm 100
4 Enter His gates with a song of thanksgiving
And His courts with praise.
Be thankful to Him, bless and praise His name.
5 For the Lord is good;
His mercy and lovingkindness are everlasting,
His faithfulness [endures] to all generations.