Psalms 142:1

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

You have forgiven the iniquity of your people. You have covered all their sin.

for when Jezebel cut off Yahweh’s prophets, Obadiah took one hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.

Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

After he had gone, his servants came and saw that the doors of the upper room were locked. They said, “Surely he is covering his feet in the upper room.”

The hand of Midian prevailed against Israel; and because of Midian the children of Israel made themselves the dens which are in the mountains, the caves, and the strongholds.

He came to a cave there, and camped there; and behold, Yahweh’s word came to him, and he said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

But as for me, in the abundance of your loving kindness I will come into your house. I will bow toward your holy temple in reverence of you.

I will sing to Yahweh, because he has been good to me.

Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

Yahweh, you have brought up my soul from Sheol. You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

You have seen it, Yahweh. Don’t keep silent. Lord, don’t be far from me.

Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”

Hear my cry, God. Listen to my prayer.

But I am poor and needy. Come to me quickly, God. You are my help and my deliverer. Yahweh, don’t delay.

God, don’t keep silent. Don’t keep silent, and don’t be still, God.

Be merciful to me, Lord, for I call to you all day long.

I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help,

I will bow down toward your holy temple, and give thanks to your Name for your loving kindness and for your truth; for you have exalted your Name and your Word above all.

Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice.

Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need. Deliver me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me.

Let’s swallow them up alive like Sheol, and whole, like those who go down into the pit.

Come, my people, enter into your rooms, and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourself for a little moment, until the indignation is past.

I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, as a cloud, your sins. Return to me, for I have redeemed you.

I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

I pray not that you would take them from the world, but that you would keep them from the evil one.

May Yahweh repay your work, and a full reward be given to you from Yahweh, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”

“After that you will come to the hill of God, where the garrison of the Philistines is; and it will happen, when you have come there to the city, that you will meet a band of prophets coming down from the high place with a lute, a tambourine, a pipe, and a harp before them; and they will be prophesying.

David therefore departed from there, and escaped to Adullam’s cave. When his brothers and all his father’s house heard it, they went down there to him.

When the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David, but David heard about it and went down to the stronghold.

“Now, my God, let, I beg you, your eyes be open, and let your ears be attentive, to the prayer that is made in this place.

Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you.

I have called on you, for you will answer me, God. Turn your ear to me. Hear my speech.

Keep me as the apple of your eye. Hide me under the shadow of your wings,

May Yahweh answer you in the day of trouble. May the name of the God of Jacob set you up on high,

For in the day of trouble, he will keep me secretly in his pavilion. In the secret place of his tabernacle, he will hide me. He will lift me up on a rock.

I cried to you, Yahweh. I made supplication to the Lord:

Bow down your ear to me. Deliver me speedily. Be to me a strong rock, a house of defense to save me.

Let those who favor my righteous cause shout for joy and be glad. Yes, let them say continually, “May Yahweh be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant!”

How precious is your loving kindness, God! The children of men take refuge under the shadow of your wings.

Blessed is the man who makes Yahweh his trust, and doesn’t respect the proud, nor such as turn away to lies.

But I am poor and needy. May the Lord think about me. You are my help and my deliverer. Don’t delay, my God.

Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.

Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge, until disaster has passed.

For you have been my help. I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.

God of my praise, don’t remain silent,

Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.

Lift up your hands in the sanctuary. Praise Yahweh!

Hurry to answer me, Yahweh. My spirit fails. Don’t hide your face from me, so that I don’t become like those who go down into the pit.

Revive me, Yahweh, for your name’s sake. In your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.

who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. Yahweh frees the prisoners.

The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

“Come now, and let’s reason together,” says Yahweh: “Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

Let’s lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens.

He said, “I called because of my affliction to Yahweh. He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried. You heard my voice.

Seek Yahweh, all you humble of the land, who have kept his ordinances. Seek righteousness. Seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden in the day of Yahweh’s anger.

Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.

I desire therefore that the men in every place pray, lifting up holy hands without anger and doubting.

And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me for his heavenly Kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

“So they shall put my name on the children of Israel; and I will bless them.”

Against the wall of the house, he built floors all around, against the walls of the house all around, both of the temple and of the inner sanctuary; and he made side rooms all around.

Give sincere homage to the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish on the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him.

Give ear to my words, Yahweh. Consider my meditation.

Hear the voice of my petitions, when I cry to you, when I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place.

Save me, God, by your name. Vindicate me in your might.

As for me, I will call on God. Yahweh will save me.

Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?

Deliver me from my enemies, my God. Set me on high from those who rise up against me.

His name endures forever. His name continues as long as the sun. Men shall be blessed by him. All nations will call him blessed.

In the day of my trouble I will call on you, for you will answer me.

Because you have made Yahweh your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place,

Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel was among those who call on his name. They called on Yahweh, and he answered them.

Yahweh, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen to my voice when I call to you.

“Speak comfortably to Jerusalem; and call out to her that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received of Yahweh’s hand double for all her sins.”

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

Who among you fears Yahweh and obeys the voice of his servant? He who walks in darkness and has no light, let him trust in Yahweh’s name, and rely on his God.

‘Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great and difficult things, which you don’t know.’

Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches! Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord. Lift up your hands toward him for the life of your young children, who faint for hunger at the head of every street.

Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.’

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you, which lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and, I am persuaded, in you also.

Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

I told him, “My lord, you know.” He said to me, “These are those who came out of the great suffering.They washed their robes, and made them white in the Lamb’s blood.

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.”

He came to the sheep pens by the way, where there was a cave; and Saul went in to relieve himself. Now David and his men were staying in the innermost parts of the cave.

Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my border! May your hand be with me, and may you keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!” God granted him that which he requested.

David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was in Bethlehem at that time.

Hear, Yahweh, my righteous plea; Give ear to my prayer, that doesn’t go out of deceitful lips.

To you, Yahweh, I call. My rock, don’t be deaf to me, lest, if you are silent to me, I would become like those who go down into the pit.

Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

Hear, Yahweh, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.

Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name. The righteous will surround me, for you will be good to me.

of whom the world was not worthy—wandering in deserts, mountains, caves, and the holes of the earth.