He who stands firm for God till the end will be saved

Mt 24:13

            ¹³ but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.

Mt 10:22

                ²² You will be hated by everyone because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.

Mk 13:13

            ¹³ Everyone will hate you because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.

Lk 21:19

            ¹⁹ Stand firm, and you will win life.

Rev 2:10

                ¹⁰ Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor’s crown.

whoever humbles himself will be exalted

Mt 23:12

               ¹² For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.            

1sam 2:8

               ⁸ He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap;
he seats them with princes and has them inherit a throne of honor. “For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s; on them he has set the world.            

Psalm 18:27

                 ²⁷ You save the humble but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.   

Pro 3:34

              ³⁴ He mocks proud mockers but shows favor to the humble and oppressed.         

Isa 57:15

              ¹⁵ For this is what the high and exalted One says— he who lives forever, whose name is holy:
“I live in a high and holy place, but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit,
to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.  

Eze 21:26

              ²⁶ this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Take off the turban, remove the crown. It will not be as it was: The lowly will be exalted and the exalted will be brought low.

Lk 1:52

           ⁵² He has brought down rulers from their thrones but has lifted up the humble.     

Luke 14:11

            ¹¹ For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

God has made his light shine on us

Psalm 118:27(The LORD is God, and he has made his light shine on us)

                ²⁷ The LORD is God, and he has made his light shine on us. With boughs in hand, join in the festal procession up to the horns of the altar.

Psalm 27:1(The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear?)

                ¹ The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid?

Isa 58:10(if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,
then your light will rise in the darkness)

                ¹⁰ if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,
then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.

Isa 60:1, 19, 20(The LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory)

                ¹ “Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.

                ¹⁹ The sun will no more be your light by day, nor will the brightness of the moon shine on you,
for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory.

                ²⁰ Your sun will never set again, and your moon will wane no more;
the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your days of sorrow will end.

Mal 4:2(But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays)

            ² But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays. And you will go out and frolic like well-fed calves.

1 Pet 2:9(God called us  out of darkness into his wonderful light)

                ⁹ But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord

Psalm 118:26

                ²⁶ Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD. From the house of the LORD we bless you

Mt 21:9

            ⁹ The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest heaven!”

Mt 23:39

                ³⁹ For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

Luke 13:35

                ³⁵ Look, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

Luke 19:38

            ³⁸ “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”

John 12:13

            ¹³ They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, “Hosanna!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”“Blessed is the king of Israel!”

Lord saves us and grants us success

Psalm 118:25

                ²⁵ LORD, save us! LORD, grant us success!

Psalm 28:9

                ⁹ Save your people and bless your inheritance; be their shepherd and carry them forever.

Psalm 116:4

                ⁴ Then I called on the name of the LORD: “LORD, save me!”

Psalm 106:47

                ⁴⁷ Save us, LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name and glory in your praise.

1 Chr 16:35

                ³⁵ Cry out, “Save us, God our Savior; gather us and deliver us from the nations,
that we may give thanks to your holy name, and glory in your praise.”

Psalm 80:2

            ² before Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh. Awaken your might; come and save us.

This is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad

Psalm 118:24(The LORD has done it this very day; let us rejoice today and be glad)

                ²⁴ The LORD has done it this very day; let us rejoice today and be glad.

Psalm 70:4(May all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you)

                ⁴ But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who long for your saving help always say, “The LORD is great!”

Psalm 31:6-7(we will be glad for God saw our affliction and knew the anguish of our soul)

                ⁶ I hate those who cling to worthless idols; as for me, I trust in the LORD.
⁷ I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for you saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul.

Psalm 32:11(Rejoice in the LORD and be glad)

                ¹¹ Rejoice in the LORD and be glad, you righteous; sing, all you who are upright in heart!

Psalm 64:10(The righteous will rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in him)

                ¹⁰ The righteous will rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in him; all the upright in heart will glory in him!

God’s right hand has done mighty things

Psalm 118:15(The LORD’s right hand has done mighty things!)

                ¹⁵ Shouts of joy and victory resound in the tents of the righteous: “The LORD’s right hand has done mighty things!

Luke 1:51(God has performed mighty deeds with his arm)

                ⁵¹ He has performed mighty deeds with his arm; he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts.

Psalm 98:1(God has done marvelous things)

                ¹ Sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things; his right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him.

Isa 40:10(The Sovereign LORD comes with power, and he rules with a mighty arm)

                ¹⁰ See, the Sovereign LORD comes with power, and he rules with a mighty arm. See, his reward is with him, and his recompense accompanies him.

Ex 15:1(God is highly exalted)

                ¹ Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD,
   for he is highly exalted. Both horse and driver he has hurled into the sea.

Psalm 96:3(Declare God’s marvelous deeds among all peoples)

                ³ Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples.

Isa 12:5(Sing to the LORD, for he has done glorious things)

                ⁵ Sing to the LORD, for he has done glorious things; let this be known to all the world.

The LORD is our strength

Psalm 118:14(The LORD is our strength and our defense)

                ¹⁴ The LORD is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation.

Ex 15:2(The LORD is our strength and our defense)

                ² “The LORD is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation.
He is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

Psalm 18:1(we love you, LORD, our strength)

                ¹ I love you, LORD, my strength.

1Sam 2:10(God will give strength to his king and exalt the horn of his anointed)

            ¹⁰ those who oppose the LORD will be broken. The Most High will thunder from heaven;
   the LORD will judge the ends of the earth. “He will give strength to his king
   and exalt the horn of his anointed.”

Isa 12:2(The LORD, the LORD himself, is our strength and our defense)

                ² Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The LORD, the LORD himself, is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation.”

Isa 49:5(our God has been our strength)

                ⁵ And now the LORD says— he who formed me in the womb to be his servant
to bring Jacob back to him and gather Israel to himself, for I am honored in the eyes of the LORD
   and my God has been my strength—

Jer 16:19(LORD, our strength and our fortress, our refuge in time of distress)

                ¹⁹ LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in time of distress, to you the nations will come from the ends of the earth and say, “Our ancestors possessed nothing but false gods,
   worthless idols that did them no good.

when we were pushed back, God helped us

Psalm 118:13, 7 (when we were pushed back, God helped us)

                ¹³ I was pushed back and about to fall, but the LORD helped me.

                ⁷ The LORD is with me; he is my helper. I look in triumph on my enemies.

2 Chr 18:31(When Jehoshaphat cried out, the LORD helped him)

            ³¹ When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they thought, “This is the king of Israel.” So they turned to attack him, but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him. God drew them away from him,

Psalm 86:17, 2 (LORD helped us and comforted us)

                ¹⁷ Give me a sign of your goodness, that my enemies may see it and be put to shame, for you, LORD, have helped me and comforted me.

                ² Guard my life, for I am faithful to you; save your servant who trusts in you. You are my God;

we will proclaim what God has done

Psalm 118:17(we will proclaim what God has done)

                ¹⁷ I will not die but live, and will proclaim what the LORD has done.

Deut 32:3(we will proclaim the name of the LORD)

                ³ I will proclaim the name of the LORD. Oh, praise the greatness of our God!

Psalm 64:9(we will proclaim the works of God and ponder what he has done)

                ⁹ All people will fear; they will proclaim the works of God and ponder what he has done.

Psalm 71:16(we will come and proclaim your mighty acts, Sovereign LORD)

                ¹⁶ I will come and proclaim your mighty acts, Sovereign LORD; I will proclaim your righteous deeds, yours alone.

Psalm 73:28(we will tell of all God’s deeds)

                ²⁸ But as for me, it is good to be near God.  I have made the Sovereign LORD my refuge;
   I will tell of all your deeds.

It is better take refuge in the Lord

Psalm 118:8(It is better take refuge in the Lord)

                ⁸ It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in humans.

Psalm 2:12(Blessed are all who take refuge in him)

                ¹² Kiss his son, or he will be angry and your way will lead to your destruction,
for his wrath can flare up in a moment. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.

Psalm 5:11(let all who take refuge in God be glad, for He spread His protection over us)

                ¹¹ But let all who take refuge in you be glad; let them ever sing for joy.
Spread your protection over them that those who love your name may rejoice in you.

Psalm 9:9(The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble)

                ⁹ The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.

Psalm 37:3(Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture)

                ³ Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.

Psalm 40:4(Blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD)

                ⁴ Blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD,
who does not look to the proud, to those who turn aside to false gods.^[

Isa 25:4(God has been a refuge for the poor, a refuge for the needy in their distress)

                ⁴ You have been a refuge for the poor, a refuge for the needy in their distress,
a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless
   is like a storm driving against a wall

Isa 57:13(whoever takes refuge in God will inherit the land and possess His holy mountain)

                ¹³ When you cry out for help, let your collection of idols save you!
The wind will carry all of them off, a mere breath will blow them away.
But whoever takes refuge in me will inherit the land and possess my holy mountain.”

Lord is our helper

Psalm 118:7(Lord is our helper)

                ⁷ The LORD is with me; he is my helper.  I look in triumph on my enemies.

Deut 33:29(God is our shield and helper and your glorious sword)

                ²⁹ Blessed are you, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD?
He is your shield and helper and your glorious sword. Your enemies will cower before you,
   and you will tread on their heights.”

Heb 13:6(The Lord is our helper)

            ⁶ So we say with confidence,
   “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?”

Psalm 115: 9-11(God is their help who trust in the Lord)

⁹ All you Israelites, trust in the LORD— he is their help and shield.
¹⁰ House of Aaron, trust in the LORD— he is their help and shield.
¹¹ You who fear him, trust in the LORD— he is their help and shield.

Isa 45:24(In the LORD alone are deliverance and strength)

                ²⁴ They will say of me, ‘In the LORD alone are deliverance and strength.’”
All who have raged against him will come to him and be put to shame.

Hos  13:9(we should not be against our helper)

                ⁹ “You are destroyed, Israel, because you are against me, against your helper.

Hab 3:19(Lord is our strength and enables us to tread on the heights)

            ¹⁹ The Sovereign LORD is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
   he enables me to tread on the heights.

Psalm 30:10(Lord, be our help)

                ¹⁰ Hear, LORD, and be merciful to me; LORD, be my help.”

Lord is with us

Psalm 118:6(we will not be afraid, as the Lord is with us)

                ⁶ The LORD is with me; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?

Deut 31:6, 8(Don’t be afraid for the Lord goes with you)

            ⁶ Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.”

⁸ The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.”

Heb 13:5(God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you)

            ⁵ Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”

Joshua 1:5(No one will be able to stand against us all the days of our life for the Lord is with us)

            ⁵ No one will be able to stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.

Gen 28:15(God is with us and will watch over us wherever we go)

            ¹⁵ I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”

Deut 20:4(our God is the one who goes with us to fight for us against our enemies to give us victory)

            ⁴ For the LORD your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory.”

Mt 28:20(God is with us always, to the very end of the age)

            ²⁰ and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

God answers us

Psalm 118:5, 21(God answers us and brings us into a spacious place)

                ⁵ When hard pressed, I cried to the LORD; he brought me into a spacious place.

                ²¹ I will give you thanks, for you answered me; you have become my salvation.

Psalm 34:4(When we seek God, He delivers us from all our fears)

                ⁴ I sought the LORD, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.

Psalm 86:7(We do call to God for He answers us)

                ⁷ When I am in distress, I call to you, because you answer me.

Psalm 116:1(God heard our cry for mercy)

                ¹ I love the LORD, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy.

Psalm 138:3(God answers and emboldened us)

                ³ When I called, you answered me; you greatly emboldened me.

Great is the faithfulness of God

Psalm 117:2(The faithfulness of the LORD endures forever)

            ² For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Praise the LORD

Psalm 119:90(God’s faithfulness continues through all generations)

                ⁹⁰ Your faithfulness continues through all generations; you established the earth, and it endures.

Psalm 146:6(Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them remains faithful forever.)

                ⁶ He is the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them— he remains faithful forever.

Psalm 36:5(Gods faithfulness reaches to the skies)

                ⁵ Your love, LORD, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies.

Deut 7:9(God is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him)

            ⁹ Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.

Psalm 18:25(God show Himself faithful)

                ²⁵ To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless,

Psalm 108:4(God’s faithfulness reaches to the skies)

                ⁴ For great is your love, higher than the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies.

Great is God’s love toward us

Psalm 117:2(Great is God’s love toward us)

            ² For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Praise the LORD

Psalm 17:7(Show me the wonders of your great love)

                ⁷ Show me the wonders of your great love, you who save by your right hand those who take refuge in you from their foes.

Psalm 103:11(great is his love for those who fear him)

                ¹¹ For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him;

Psalm 31:21(He showed us the wonders of his love)

                ²¹ Praise be to the LORD, for he showed me the wonders of his love when I was in a city under siege.

Psalm 69:13(In your great love, O God, answer me with your sure salvation)

                ¹³ But I pray to you, LORD, in the time of your favor; in your great love, O God, answer me with your sure salvation.

Psalm 106:45(out of His great love He relented)

                ⁴⁵ for their sake he remembered his covenant and out of his great love he relented.

Psalm 107:43(we should ponder the loving deeds of the LORD)

                ⁴³ Let the one who is wise heed these things and ponder the loving deeds of the LORD.

God has freed us from our chains

Psalm 116:16 (God has freed us from our chains)

                ¹⁶ Truly I am your servant, LORD;  I serve you just as my mother did; you have freed me from my chains.

Job 12:18(God takes off the shackles put on by kings)

                ¹⁸ He takes off the shackles put on by kings and ties a loincloth around their waist.

Psalm 107:14 (God broke away the chains of darkness)

                ¹⁴ He brought them out of darkness, the utter darkness, and broke away their chains.

Na 1:13 (God will break our yoke from our neck and tear our shackles away)

                ¹³ Now I will break their yoke from your neck and tear your shackles away.”

Isa 5:27 (we will not grow tired or stumble)

                ²⁷ Not one of them grows tired or stumbles, not one slumbers or sleeps; not a belt is loosened at the waist, not a sandal strap is broken.

Isa 40:23

                ²³ He brings princes to naught and reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.

Fulfilling our vows to the Lord

Psalm 116:14(we should fulfill our vows to the LORD)             ¹⁴ I will fulfill my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people.

Num 30:2(When a man makes a vow to the LORD, he must not break his word)

            ² When a man makes a vow to the LORD or takes an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word but must do everything he said.

Psalm 66:13(we will fulfill our vows with offerings)

                ¹³ I will come to your temple with burnt offerings  and fulfill my vows to you—

Deut 23:21-23(God expects us to fulfill our vows)

            ²¹ If you make a vow to the LORD your God, do not be slow to pay it, for the LORD your God will certainly demand it of you and you will be guilty of sin. ²² But if you refrain from making a vow, you will not be guilty. ²³ Whatever your lips utter you must be sure to do, because you made your vow freely to the LORD your God with your own mouth.

Job 22:27(we should fulfill our vows)

            ²⁷ You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.

Proverb 20:25(It is a trap considering on one’s vows)

            ²⁵ It is a trap to dedicate something rashly and only later to consider one’s vows.

Isa 19:21(when people know the Lord they will make vows to the Lord and keep them)

            ²¹ So the LORD will make himself known to the Egyptians, and in that day they will acknowledge the LORD. They will worship with sacrifices and grain offerings; they will make vows to the LORD and keep them.

God has delivered our soul

Psalm 116:8(Lord has delivered us from death and our eyes from tears)

            ⁸ For you, LORD, have delivered me from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling,

Psalm 86:13(God has delivered us from depths and from the realm of the dead)

            ¹³ For great is your love toward me; you have delivered me from the depths,
   from the realm of the dead.

Psalm 34:4,17(Lord has delivered me from all my fears and troubles)

            ⁴ I sought the LORD, and he answered me;  he delivered me from all my fears.
            ¹⁷ The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them;  he delivers them from all their troubles.

Psalm 49:15(Lord hears us and delivers us from all our troubles)

            ¹⁵ But God will redeem me from the realm of the dead; he will surely take me to himself.

 Psalm 18:43(God has delivered us from the attacks of the people)
            ⁴³ You have delivered me from the attacks of the people; you have made me the head of nations. People I did not know now serve me,

Psalm 22:4(God has delivered our ancestors)

            ⁴ In you our ancestors put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them.

Psalm 56:13(God has delivered us from death and our feet from stumbling)

            ¹³ For you have delivered me from death and my feet from stumbling,
that I may walk before God in the light of life.

Be at rest for the Lord is good

Psalm 116:7(our souls return to rest for the Lord has been good)

            ⁷ Return to your rest, my soul, for the LORD has been good to you.

Psalm 46:10(we should know that He is our God)

            ¹⁰ He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;  I will be exalted among the nations,
   I will be exalted in the earth.”

Psalm 62:1(our soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him.)

                ¹ Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him.

Psalm 131:2(we should be calm and content)

            ² But I have calmed and quieted myself, I am like a weaned child with its mother;
   like a weaned child I am content.

Mt 11:29(we will find rest for our souls in God)

            ²⁹ Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

God saves us, when we brought low

Psalm 116:6(God saves us, when we brought low)

            ⁶ The LORD protects the unwary; when I was brought low, he saved me.

Psalm 18:3(God saves us from our enemies)

            ³ I called to the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and I have been saved from my enemies.

Psalm 22:5(God saves those who cries out to Him)

                ⁵ To you they cried out and were saved;  in you they trusted and were not put to shame.

Psalm 107:13(God saves us from our distress)

            ¹³ Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress.

Psalm 9:13(Lord lifts us from the gates of death)

            ¹³ LORD, see how my enemies persecute me!  Have mercy and lift me up from the gates of death,

Psalm 106:8(God saves us for His name sake)

                ⁸ Yet he saved them for his name’s sake, to make his mighty power known.

The Lord is gracious and righteous

Psalm 116:5

             ⁵ The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion.

Ex9:27

             ²⁷ Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. “This time I have sinned,” he said to them. “The LORD is in the right, and I and my people are in the wrong.

2Ch 12:6

             ⁶ The leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is just.”

Ezr 9:15

            ¹⁵ LORD, the God of Israel, you are righteous! We are left this day as a remnant. Here we are before you in our guilt, though because of it not one of us can stand in your presence.”

Jer 12:1

                 ¹ You are always righteous, LORD,  when I bring a case before you. Yet I would speak with you about your justice: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?

Lam 1:18

             ¹⁸ “The LORD is righteous,  yet I rebelled against his command. Listen, all you peoples;
   look on my suffering. My young men and young women have gone into exile.

Calling on the name of Lord when we are in trouble

Psalm 116:4(Calling on the name of Lord when we are in trouble)

            ⁴ Then I called on the name of the LORD:  “LORD, save me!”

Psalm 80:18(Lord will revive us, and we will call on His name)

                ¹⁸ Then we will not turn away from you; revive us, and we will call on your name.

Psalm 118:5(When hard pressed, I cried to the LORD; he brought me into a spacious place)

                 ⁵ When hard pressed, I cried to the LORD; he brought me into a spacious place.

Psalm 18:3(I called to the LORD and have been saved from my enemies)

            ³ I called to the LORD, who is worthy of praise,  and I have been saved from my enemies.

1 Ch 16:25(For great is the LORD and most worthy of praise)

             ²⁵ For great is the LORD and most worthy of praise; he is to be feared above all gods.

God turned his ear to me

Psalm 116:2(God turned his ear to me)

                ² Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live.

Psalm 5:1(Listen to my words, LORD, consider my lament)

                ¹ Listen to my words, LORD, consider my lament.

1Ki 8:29(May your eyes be open toward this temple night and day to hear the prayer your servant prays)

            ²⁹ May your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, this place of which you said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that you will hear the prayer your servant prays toward this place.

Psalm 17:1(Hear me, LORD, my plea is just;  listen to my cry. Hear my prayer)

                ¹ Hear me, LORD, my plea is just;  listen to my cry. Hear my prayer— it does not rise from deceitful lips.

Psalm 40:1(The LORD turned to me and heard my cry)

                ¹ I waited patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry.

Dan 9:18(Give ear, our God, and hear)

            ¹⁸ Give ear, our God, and hear; open your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears your Name. We do not make requests of you because we are righteous, but because of your great mercy.

God heard our cry for mercy

Psalm 116:1(God heard our cry for mercy)

                ¹ I love the LORD, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy.

Psalm 31:22(God heard our cry for mercy, when we called to Him for help)

                ²² In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from your sight!”
Yet you heard my cry for mercy when I called to you for help.

Psalm 40:1(God turned to us and heard our cry)

                ¹ I waited patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry.

Psalm 6:9(The LORD has heard our cry for mercy)

                ⁹ The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer.

Psalm 66:19(God has surely listened and has heard our prayer)

                ¹⁹ but God has surely listened and has heard my prayer.

Psalm 145:19(He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them)

                ¹⁹ He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them.

God created the heavens and the earth

Psalm 115:16

                ¹⁶ The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth he has given to mankind.

Psalm 89:11

                ¹¹ The heavens are yours, and yours also the earth; you founded the world and all that is in it.

Deut10:14

                ¹⁴ To the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, the earth and everything in it.

Ne 9:6

            ⁶ You alone are the LORD. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven worship you.

Job 35:5

                ⁵ Look up at the heavens and see;  gaze at the clouds so high above you.

Psalm 8:3

                ³ When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars,
   which you have set in place,

Psalm 104:3

                ³ and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters. He makes the clouds his chariot and rides on the wings of the wind.

The Lord, maker of heaven and earth

Psalm 115:15(The Lord, maker of heaven and earth)

                ¹⁵ May you be blessed by the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.

Gen 1:1(In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth)

                ¹ In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Acts 14:15(The living God, who made the heavens and the earth and the sea and everything in them)

            ¹⁵ “Friends, why are you doing this? We too are only human, like you. We are bringing you good news, telling you to turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heavens and the earth and the sea and everything in them.

Rev 10:6(The angel swore by God who lives forever and ever)

                ⁶ And he swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created the heavens and all that is in them, the earth and all that is in it, and the sea and all that is in it, and said, “There will be no more delay!

Psalm 146:6(The Maker of heaven and earth remains faithful forever)

                ⁶ He is the Maker of heaven and earth,  the sea, and everything in them—
   he remains faithful forever.

Rev 4:11(You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power)

                ¹¹ “You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power,
for you created all things,  and by your will they were created and have their being.”

Rev 14:7(Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water.)

            ⁷ He said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water.”

Trust in the Lord, He is our help and shield

Psalm 115:9

                ⁹ All you Israelites, trust in the LORD— he is their help and shield.

Psalm 37:3, 5(Trust in the Lord and enjoy safe pasture)

                ³ Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.

                ⁵ Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this:
⁶ He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn, your vindication like the noonday sun.

Psalm 62:8(Trust in him at all times, for God is our refuge)

                ⁸ Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge.

Psalm 4:5(Trust in the Lord)

                ⁵ Offer the sacrifices of the righteous and trust in the LORD.

Psalm 31:6(we will trust in the Lord)

                ⁶ I hate those who cling to worthless idols; as for me, I trust in the LORD.

Proverb 3:5(Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding)

                ⁵ Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;

Isa 26:4(Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD himself, is the Rock eternal)

                ⁴ Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD himself, is the Rock eternal.

John 14:1(we should not let our hearts be troubled, believe in God)

                ¹ “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me.

Our God is in heaven

Psalm 115:3(Our God is in heaven)

                ³ Our God is in heaven;  he does whatever pleases him.

Ezr 5:11(We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth)

            ¹¹ This is the answer they gave us:
   “We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago, one that a great king of Israel built and finished.

Ne1:4(Praying before the God of heaven)

                ⁴ When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven.

Psalm 103:19(The LORD has established his throne in heaven)

                ¹⁹ The LORD has established his throne in heaven, and his kingdom rules over all.

Psalm 136:26(Give thanks to the God of heaven)

                ²⁶ Give thanks to the God of heaven. His love endures forever.

Mt 6:9(Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name)

            ⁹ “This, then, is how you should pray:  “‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,

God turns rock into a pool, the hard rock into springs of water

Psalm 114:7,8(God turns rock into a pool, the hard rock into springs of water)

                ⁷ Tremble, earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
⁸ who turned the rock into a pool, the hard rock into springs of water.

Ex 17:6(Moses did strike the rock, and water came out of it for the people to drink)

            ⁶ I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. Strike the rock, and water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.

Num 20:11(Moses raised his arm and struck the rock twice with his staff then the water gushed out)

            ¹¹ Then Moses raised his arm and struck the rock twice with his staff. Water gushed out, and the community and their livestock drank.

Deut 8:15(God brought water out of hard rock)

            ¹⁵ He led you through the vast and dreadful wilderness, that thirsty and waterless land, with its venomous snakes and scorpions. He brought you water out of hard rock.

Jug 15:19(God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it for Samson)

                ¹⁹ Then God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned and he revived. So the spring was called En Hakkore,^[c] and it is still there in Lehi.

1Cor 10:3,4(Israelites drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ)

                ³ They all ate the same spiritual food ⁴ and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.