Psalms 18:19

“I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.

He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked will be put to silence in darkness; for no man will prevail by strength.

Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established.

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.

Yahweh, I know that the way of man is not in himself. It is not in man who walks to direct his steps.

A man’s heart plans his course, but Yahweh directs his steps.

but now I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’

In my distress I called on Yahweh, and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry before him came into his ears.

I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

Out of my distress, I called on Yah. Yah answered me with freedom.

Establish my footsteps in your word. Don’t let any iniquity have dominion over me.

In my distress, I cried to Yahweh. He answered me.

Yahweh will keep your going out and your coming in, from this time forward, and forever more.

How could one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and Yahweh had delivered them up?

Yahweh said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite; for I have provided a king for myself among his sons.”

David reigned over all Israel; and David executed justice and righteousness for all his people.

He also brought me out into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted in me.

When Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced greatly, and said, “Blessed is Yahweh today, who has given to David a wise son to rule over this great people.”

For Judah prevailed above his brothers, and from him came the prince; but the birthright was Joseph’s)—

Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, “Because Yahweh loves his people, he has made you king over them.”

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup runs over.

What man is he who fears Yahweh? He shall instruct him in the way that he shall choose.

My foot stands in an even place. In the congregations I will bless Yahweh.

You have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy. You have set my feet in a large place.

Though he stumble, he shall not fall, for Yahweh holds him up with his hand.

He will judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice.

Righteousness goes before him, And prepares the way for his steps.

“Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name.

Then I called on Yahweh’s name: “Yahweh, I beg you, deliver my soul.”

He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber.

He trusts in God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him; for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ”

I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you. Kings will come out of you.

The children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.

but if he says, ‘I have no delight in you;’ behold, here I am. Let him do to me as seems good to him.”

Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.

My steps have held fast to your paths. My feet have not slipped.

A man’s steps are established by Yahweh. He delights in his way.

The law of his God is in his heart. None of his steps shall slide.

Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes!

When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble.

The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of your head.

The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head.

and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.”

“A troop will press on Gad, but he will press on their heel.

If Yahweh delights in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it to us: a land which flows with milk and honey.

but because Yahweh loves you, and because he desires to keep the oath which he swore to your fathers, Yahweh has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me, ‘One who rules over men righteously, who rules in the fear of God,

‘Since the day that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.’

For you made your people Israel your own people forever; and you, Yahweh, became their God.

Now, Yahweh, let the word that you have spoken concerning your servant, and concerning his house, be established forever, and do as you have spoken.

Then Solomon sat on the throne of Yahweh as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.

God delivers me to the ungodly, and casts me into the hands of the wicked.

The steps of his strength will be shortened. His own counsel will cast him down.

Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, into a wide place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on your table would be full of fatness.

Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness. Give me relief from my distress. Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.

You have enlarged my steps under me, My feet have not slipped.

“He trusts in Yahweh. Let him deliver him. Let him rescue him, since he delights in him.”

For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, Neither has he hidden his face from him; but when he cried to him, he heard.

They shall be abundantly satisfied with the abundance of your house. You will make them drink of the river of your pleasures.

Commit your way to Yahweh. Trust also in him, and he will do this:

He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand.

Commit your deeds to Yahweh, and your plans shall succeed.

They will be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and will be shut up in the prison; and after many days they will be visited.

“Behold, my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights: I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations.

But let him who glories glory in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am Yahweh who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness in the earth, for I delight in these things,” says Yahweh.

“Should you reign, because you strive to excel in cedar? Didn’t your father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him.

Then they took Jeremiah and threw him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king’s son, that was in the court of the guard. They let down Jeremiah with cords. In the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.

Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”

While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. Behold, a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him.”

But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

He left that place, and dug another well. They didn’t argue over that one. He called it Rehoboth. He said, “For now Yahweh has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”

About Gad he said, “He who enlarges Gad is blessed. He dwells as a lioness, and tears the arm and the crown of the head.

Blessed is Yahweh your God, who delighted in you, to set you on the throne of Israel. Because Yahweh loved Israel forever, therefore he made you king, to do justice and righteousness.”

However Yahweh, the God of Israel, chose me out of all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever. For he has chosen Judah to be prince; and in the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel.

Blessed be Yahweh your God, who delighted in you, to set you on his throne, to be king for Yahweh your God; because your God loved Israel, to establish them forever. Therefore he made you king over them, to do justice and righteousness.”

Preserve my soul, for I am godly. You, my God, save your servant who trusts in you.