I will defend this city and save it, for my sake and for the sake of David my servant.’”

Cry out, “Save us, God our Savior; gather us and deliver us from the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name, and glory in your praise.”

‘If calamity comes upon us, whether the sword of judgment, or plague or famine, we will stand in your presence before this temple that bears your Name and will cry out to you in our distress, and you will hear us and save us.’

The anger of the Lord burned against Amaziah, and he sent a prophet to him, who said, “Why do you consult this people’s gods, which could not save their own people from your hand?”

When Hezekiah says, ‘The Lord our God will save us from the hand of the king of Assyria,’ he is misleading you, to let you die of hunger and thirst.

Who of all the gods of these nations that my predecessors destroyed has been able to save his people from me? How then can your god deliver you from my hand?

So the Lord saved Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib king of Assyria and from the hand of all others. He took care of them on every side.

But I said, “Should a man like me run away? Or should someone like me go into the temple to save his life? I will not go!”

He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth; he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.

“Surely he will have no respite from his craving; he cannot save himself by his treasure.

When people are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then he will save the downcast.

“How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the arm that is feeble!

Then I myself will admit to you that your own right hand can save you.

Turn, Lord, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love.

Psalm 7

A shiggaion of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning Cush, a Benjamite.

Lord my God, I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from all who pursue me,

My shield is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart.

Show me the wonders of your great love, you who save by your right hand those who take refuge in you from their foes.

By your hand save me from such people, Lord, from those of this world whose reward is in this life. May what you have stored up for the wicked fill their bellies; may their children gorge themselves on it, and may there be leftovers for their little ones.

I called to the Lord, who is worthy of praise, and I have been saved from my enemies.

You save the humble but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.

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

who saves me from my enemies. You exalted me above my foes; from a violent man you rescued me.

To you they cried out and were saved; in you they trusted and were not put to shame.

Rescue me from the mouth of the lions; save me from the horns of the wild oxen.

Save your people and bless your inheritance; be their shepherd and carry them forever.