Psalms 28:7

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Psalms 28:5–9 · Berean Standard Bible

5 Since they show no regard for the works of the LORD or what His hands have done, He will tear them down and never rebuild them.

6 Blessed be the LORD, for He has heard my cry for mercy.

7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I give thanks to Him with my song.

8 The LORD is the strength of His people, a stronghold of salvation for His anointed.

9 Save Your people and bless Your inheritance; shepherd them and carry them forever.

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Psalms 28:8

The LORD is the strength of His people, a stronghold of salvation for His anointed.

Psalms 18:1

I love You, O LORD, my strength.

Psalms 18:2

The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

Psalms 19:14

May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.

Psalms 46:1

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.

Isaiah 12:2

Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”

Isaiah 45:24

Surely they will say of Me, ‘In the LORD alone are righteousness and strength.’” All who rage against Him will come to Him and be put to shame.

Ephesians 6:10

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.

Psalms 84:11

For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.

Psalms 91:4

He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart.

Genesis 15:1

After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”

Psalms 13:5

But I have trusted in Your loving devotion; my heart will rejoice in Your salvation.

Psalms 22:4

In You our fathers trusted; they trusted and You delivered them.

Psalms 56:3

When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.

Psalms 56:4

In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

Psalms 118:6

The LORD is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

Psalms 118:7

The LORD is on my side; He is my helper. Therefore I will look in triumph on those who hate me.

Psalms 118:8

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

Psalms 118:9

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

Psalms 118:13

I was pushed so hard I was falling, but the LORD helped me.

Psalms 118:14

The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation.

Psalms 118:15

Shouts of joy and salvation resound in the tents of the righteous: “The right hand of the LORD performs with valor!

Psalms 16:9

Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell securely.

Psalms 16:10

For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.

Psalms 16:11

You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.

Psalms 21:1

O LORD, the king rejoices in Your strength. How greatly he exults in Your salvation!

Psalms 30:11

You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,

Psalms 30:12

that my heart may sing Your praises and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks forever.

Psalms 33:21

For our hearts rejoice in Him, since we trust in His holy name.

Psalms 68:3

But the righteous will be glad and rejoice before God; they will celebrate with joy.

Psalms 68:4

Sing to God! Sing praises to His name. Exalt Him who rides on the clouds — His name is the LORD— and rejoice before Him.

Isaiah 61:10

I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Psalms 96:1

Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth.

Psalms 96:2

Sing to the LORD, bless His name; proclaim His salvation day after day.

Psalms 96:3

Declare His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all peoples.

Exodus 15:1

Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.

Exodus 15:2

The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.

Exodus 15:3

The LORD is a warrior, the LORD is His name.

Exodus 15:4

Pharaoh’s chariots and army He has cast into the sea; the finest of his officers are drowned in the Red Sea.

Exodus 15:5

The depths have covered them; they sank there like a stone.

Exodus 15:6

Your right hand, O LORD, is majestic in power; Your right hand, O LORD, has shattered the enemy.

Exodus 15:7

You overthrew Your adversaries by Your great majesty. You unleashed Your burning wrath; it consumed them like stubble.

Exodus 15:8

At the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up; like a wall the currents stood firm; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea.

Exodus 15:9

The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’

Exodus 15:10

But You blew with Your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

Exodus 15:11

Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?

Exodus 15:12

You stretched out Your right hand, and the earth swallowed them up.

Exodus 15:13

With loving devotion You will lead the people You have redeemed; with Your strength You will guide them to Your holy dwelling.

Exodus 15:14

The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.

Exodus 15:15

Then the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed; trembling will seize the leaders of Moab; those who dwell in Canaan will melt away,

Exodus 15:16

and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have bought pass by.

Exodus 15:17

You will bring them in and plant them on the mountain of Your inheritance— the place, O LORD, You have prepared for Your dwelling, the sanctuary, O Lord, Your hands have established.

Exodus 15:18

The LORD will reign forever and ever!”

Exodus 15:19

For when Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen went into the sea, the LORD brought the waters of the sea back over them. But the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground.

Exodus 15:20

Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.

Exodus 15:21

And Miriam sang back to them: “Sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.”

Judges 5:1

On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:

Judges 5:2

“When the princes take the lead in Israel, when the people volunteer, bless the LORD.

Judges 5:3

Listen, O kings! Give ear, O princes! I will sing to the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD, the God of Israel.

Judges 5:4

O LORD, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the land of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured out rain, and the clouds poured down water.

Judges 5:5

The mountains quaked before the LORD, the One of Sinai, before the LORD, the God of Israel.

Judges 5:6

In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted and the travelers took the byways.

Judges 5:7

Life in the villages ceased; it ended in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, a mother in Israel.

Judges 5:8

When they chose new gods, then war came to their gates. Not a shield or spear was found among forty thousand in Israel.

Judges 5:9

My heart is with the princes of Israel, with the volunteers among the people. Bless the LORD!

Judges 5:10

You who ride white donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, and you who travel the road, ponder

Judges 5:11

the voices of the singers at the watering places. There they shall recount the righteous acts of the LORD, the righteous deeds of His villagers in Israel. Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates:

Judges 5:12

‘Awake, awake, O Deborah! Awake, awake, sing a song! Arise, O Barak, and take hold of your captives, O son of Abinoam!’

Judges 5:13

Then the survivors came down to the nobles; the people of the LORD came down to me against the mighty.

Judges 5:14

Some came from Ephraim, with their roots in Amalek; Benjamin came with your people after you. The commanders came down from Machir, the bearers of the marshal’s staff from Zebulun.

Judges 5:15

The princes of Issachar were with Deborah, and Issachar was with Barak, rushing into the valley at his heels. In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.

Judges 5:16

Why did you sit among the sheepfolds to hear the whistling for the flocks? In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.

Judges 5:17

Gilead remained beyond the Jordan. Dan, why did you linger by the ships? Asher stayed at the coast and remained in his harbors.

Judges 5:18

Zebulun was a people who risked their lives; Naphtali, too, on the heights of the battlefield.

Judges 5:19

Kings came and fought; then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no plunder of silver.

Judges 5:20

From the heavens the stars fought; from their courses they fought against Sisera.

Judges 5:21

The River Kishon swept them away, the ancient river, the River Kishon. March on, O my soul, in strength!

Judges 5:22

Then the hooves of horses thundered— the mad galloping of his stallions.

Judges 5:23

‘Curse Meroz,’ says the angel of the LORD. ‘Bitterly curse her inhabitants; for they did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.’

Judges 5:24

Most blessed among women is Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, most blessed of tent-dwelling women.

Judges 5:25

He asked for water, and she gave him milk. In a magnificent bowl she brought him curds.

Judges 5:26

She reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workman’s hammer. She struck Sisera and crushed his skull; she shattered and pierced his temple.

Judges 5:27

At her feet he collapsed, he fell, there he lay still; at her feet he collapsed, he fell; where he collapsed, there he fell dead.

Judges 5:28

Sisera’s mother looked through the window; she peered through the lattice and lamented: ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? What has delayed the clatter of his chariots?’

Judges 5:29

Her wisest ladies answer; indeed she keeps telling herself,

Judges 5:30

‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil— a girl or two for each warrior, a plunder of dyed garments for Sisera, the spoil of embroidered garments for the neck of the looter?’

Judges 5:31

So may all your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.

1 Samuel 2:1

At that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the LORD in whom my horn is exalted. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation.

1 Samuel 2:2

There is no one holy like the LORD. Indeed, there is no one besides You! And there is no Rock like our God.

1 Samuel 2:3

Do not boast so proudly, or let arrogance come from your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him actions are weighed.

1 Samuel 2:4

The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble are equipped with strength.

1 Samuel 2:5

The well-fed hire themselves out for food, but the starving hunger no more. The barren woman gives birth to seven, but she who has many sons pines away.

1 Samuel 2:6

The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.

1 Samuel 2:7

The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.

1 Samuel 2:8

He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.

1 Samuel 2:9

He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.

1 Samuel 2:10

Those who oppose the LORD will be shattered. He will thunder from heaven against them. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth and will give power to His king. He will exalt the horn of His anointed.”

1 Samuel 2:11

Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy began ministering to the LORD before Eli the priest.

2 Samuel 22:1

And David sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.

2 Samuel 22:2

He said: “The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.

2 Samuel 22:3

My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. My stronghold, my refuge, and my Savior, You save me from violence.

2 Samuel 22:4

I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.

2 Samuel 22:5

For the waves of death engulfed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.

2 Samuel 22:6

The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.

2 Samuel 22:7

In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried out to my God. And from His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for help reached His ears.

2 Samuel 22:8

Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.

2 Samuel 22:9

Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.

2 Samuel 22:10

He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.

2 Samuel 22:11

He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.

2 Samuel 22:12

He made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds.

2 Samuel 22:13

From the brightness of His presence coals of fire blazed forth.

2 Samuel 22:14

The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.

2 Samuel 22:15

He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.

2 Samuel 22:16

The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed at the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.

2 Samuel 22:17

He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.

2 Samuel 22:18

He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me.

2 Samuel 22:19

They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support.

2 Samuel 22:20

He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.

2 Samuel 22:21

The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.

2 Samuel 22:22

For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.

2 Samuel 22:23

For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes.

2 Samuel 22:24

And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.

2 Samuel 22:25

So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His sight.

2 Samuel 22:26

To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;

2 Samuel 22:27

to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.

2 Samuel 22:28

You save an afflicted people, but Your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.

2 Samuel 22:29

For You, O LORD, are my lamp; the LORD lights up my darkness.

2 Samuel 22:30

For in You I can charge an army; with my God I can scale a wall.

2 Samuel 22:31

As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

2 Samuel 22:32

For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?

2 Samuel 22:33

God is my strong fortress and He makes my way clear.

2 Samuel 22:34

He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights.

2 Samuel 22:35

He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

2 Samuel 22:36

You have given me Your shield of salvation, and Your gentleness exalts me.

2 Samuel 22:37

You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.

2 Samuel 22:38

I pursued my enemies and destroyed them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.

2 Samuel 22:39

I devoured and crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.

2 Samuel 22:40

You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.

2 Samuel 22:41

You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those who hated me.

2 Samuel 22:42

They looked, but there was no one to save them— to the LORD, but He did not answer.

2 Samuel 22:43

I ground them as the dust of the earth; I crushed and trampled them like mud in the streets.

2 Samuel 22:44

You have delivered me from the strife of my people; You have preserved me as the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.

2 Samuel 22:45

Foreigners cower before me; when they hear me, they obey me.

2 Samuel 22:46

Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.

2 Samuel 22:47

The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may God, the Rock of my salvation, be exalted—

2 Samuel 22:48

the God who avenges me and brings down nations beneath me,

2 Samuel 22:49

who frees me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.

2 Samuel 22:50

Therefore I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing praises to Your name.

2 Samuel 22:51

Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.”

Revelation 5:9

And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.

Revelation 15:3

and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!