Psalms 57:7

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.

“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

He, in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and petitions with strong crying and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,

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.

As for me, I said in my haste, “I am cut off from before your eyes.” Nevertheless you heard the voice of my petitions when I cried to you.

Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Yah, Yahweh, is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.”

“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.

Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.

In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.

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.

Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

Therefore we won’t be afraid, though the earth changes, though the mountains are shaken into the heart of the seas;

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

and he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin! Yahweh is with you, while you are with him; and if you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.

Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, and in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.

But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed. “Don’t fear what they fear, neither be troubled.”

Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.

We are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers, even as it is appropriate, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of each and every one of you toward one another abounds,

David said in his heart, “I will now perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel. So shall I escape out of his hand.”

I cry to Yahweh with my voice, and he answers me out of his holy hill.

But whoever listens to me will dwell securely, and will be at ease, without fear of harm.”

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, I give to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate, but rather giving of thanks.

They shall teach Jacob your ordinances, and Israel your law. They shall put incense before you, and whole burnt offering on your altar.

Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, “If you are returning to Yahweh with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts to Yahweh, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.”

When he humbled himself, Yahweh’s wrath turned from him, so as not to destroy him altogether. Moreover, there were good things found in Judah.

Jehoshaphat was alarmed, and set himself to seek to Yahweh. He proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

You, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God that is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges, who may judge all the people who are beyond the River, who all know the laws of your God; and teach him who doesn’t know them.

King Ahasuerus laid a tribute on the land, and on the islands of the sea.

I will bless Yahweh at all times. His praise will always be in my mouth.

The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.

Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

“By your endurance you will win your lives.

For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory,

Now thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift!

Therefore I ask that you may not lose heart at my troubles for you, which are your glory.

Because it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on his behalf,

giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light,

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the assembly,

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body, and be thankful.

Through him, then, let’s offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which proclaim allegiance to his name.

All Israel will mourn for him and bury him; for he only of Jeroboam will come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward Yahweh, the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.

However the high places were not taken away, and the people had still not set their hearts on the God of their fathers.

who sets his heart to seek God, Yahweh, the God of his fathers, even if they aren’t clean according to the purification of the sanctuary.”

He said, “Naked I came out of my mother’s womb, and naked will I return there. Yahweh gave, and Yahweh has taken away. Blessed be Yahweh’s name.”

Yahweh, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear,

Yahweh looked down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who understood, who sought after God.

The righteous shall be glad in Yahweh, and shall take refuge in him. All the upright in heart shall praise him!

You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day,

He will not be afraid of evil news. His heart is steadfast, trusting in Yahweh.

For from the rising of the sun even to its going down, my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name is great among the nations,” says Yahweh of Armies.

“Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.

If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.

You didn’t choose me, but I chose you and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

If anyone speaks, let it be as it were the very words of God. If anyone serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

But because you are partakers of Christ’s sufferings, rejoice, that at the revelation of his glory you also may rejoice with exceeding joy.

His heart was lifted up in the ways of Yahweh. Furthermore, he took away the high places and the Asherah poles out of Judah.

but his delight is in Yahweh’s law. On his law he meditates day and night.

God looks down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there are any who understood, who seek after God.

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

I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, even to the end.

It will happen in that day that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant that is left of his people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he has set justice in the earth, and the islands wait for his law.”

Sing to Yahweh a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the islands and their inhabitants.

Listen, islands, to me. Listen, you peoples, from afar: Yahweh has called me from the womb; from the inside of my mother, he has mentioned my name.

My righteousness is near. My salvation has gone out, and my arms will judge the peoples. The islands will wait for me, and they will trust my arm.

Seek Yahweh while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.

Surely the islands will wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring your sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, for the name of Yahweh your God, and for the Holy One of Israel, because he has glorified you.

They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for Jesus’ name.

But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.

Therefore, sirs, cheer up! For I believe God, that it will be just as it has been spoken to me.

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.

Not only so, but Rebekah also conceived by one, by our father Isaac.

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

that no one would be moved by these afflictions. For you know that we are appointed to this task.

Who wouldn’t fear you, Lord, and glorify your name? For you only are holy. For all the nations will come and worship before you. For your righteous acts have been revealed.”

He did that which was evil, because he didn’t set his heart to seek Yahweh.

Nevertheless there are good things found in you, in that you have put away the Asheroth out of the land, and have set your heart to seek God.”

For Ezra had set his heart to seek Yahweh’s law, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel.

I sought Yahweh, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.

Therefore glorify Yahweh in the east, even the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea!

Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces perseverance;

giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;