Psalms 57:3

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Psalms 57:1–5 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy, for in You my soul takes refuge. In the shadow of Your wings I will take shelter until the danger has passed.

2 I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills His purpose for me.

3 He reaches down from heaven and saves me; He rebukes those who trample me. Selah God sends forth His loving devotion and His truth.

4 My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.

5 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; may Your glory cover all the earth.

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Psalms 18:6

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

Psalms 18:7

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

Psalms 18:8

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

Psalms 18:9

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

Psalms 18:10

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

Psalms 18:11

He made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a canopy around Him.

Psalms 18:12

From the brightness of His presence His clouds advanced— hailstones and coals of fire.

Psalms 18:13

The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded— hailstones and coals of fire.

Psalms 18:14

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

Psalms 18:15

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

Psalms 18:16

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

Psalms 18:17

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

Psalms 18:18

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

Psalms 18:19

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

Psalms 18:20

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

Psalms 18:21

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

Psalms 18:22

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

Psalms 18:23

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

Psalms 18:24

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

Psalms 18:25

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

Psalms 18:26

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

Psalms 18:27

For You save an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes.

Psalms 18:28

For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.

Psalms 18:29

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

Psalms 18:30

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.

Psalms 18:31

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

Psalms 18:32

It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way clear.

Psalms 18:33

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

Psalms 18:34

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

Psalms 18:35

You have given me Your shield of salvation; Your right hand upholds me, and Your gentleness exalts me.

Psalms 18:36

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

Psalms 18:37

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

Psalms 18:38

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

Psalms 18:39

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

Psalms 18:40

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

Psalms 18:41

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

Psalms 18:42

I ground them as dust in the face of the wind; I trampled them like mud in the streets.

Psalms 18:43

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

Psalms 18:44

When they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cower before me.

Psalms 18:45

Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.

Psalms 18:46

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

Psalms 18:47

the God who avenges me and subdues nations beneath me,

Psalms 18:48

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

Psalms 18:49

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

Psalms 18:50

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

Psalms 144:5

Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.

Psalms 144:6

Flash forth Your lightning and scatter them; shoot Your arrows and rout them.

Psalms 144:7

Reach down from on high; set me free and rescue me from the deep waters, from the grasp of foreigners,

Matthew 28:2

Suddenly there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, rolled away the stone, and sat on it.

Matthew 28:3

His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.

Matthew 28:4

The guards trembled in fear of him and became like dead men.

Matthew 28:5

But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.

Matthew 28:6

He is not here; He has risen, just as He said! Come, see the place where He lay.

Acts 12:11

Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.”

Psalms 56:1

Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.

Psalms 56:2

My enemies pursue me all day long, for many proudly assail me.

Psalms 61:7

May he sit enthroned in God’s presence forever; appoint Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness to guard him.

Numbers 23:24

Behold, the people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion, not resting until they devour their prey and drink the blood of the slain.”

Job 31:31

if the men of my house have not said, ‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’—

Micah 3:2

You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.

Micah 3:3

You eat the flesh of my people after stripping off their skin and breaking their bones. You chop them up like flesh for the cooking pot, like meat in a cauldron.”

Psalms 40:11

O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me.

Psalms 43:3

Send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me. Let them bring me to Your holy mountain, and to the place where You dwell.

John 1:17

For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.