Psalm 7:1
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Psalm 7
Plea for Help against Persecutors
A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning Cush, a Benjaminite.
1 O Lord my God, in you I take refuge;
save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me,(A)
Psalm 31:15
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15 My times are in your hand;
deliver me from the hand of my enemies and persecutors.(A)
Habakkuk 3:1
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3 A prayer of the prophet Habakkuk according to Shigionoth.
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1 Peter 4:19
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19 Therefore, let those suffering in accordance with God’s will entrust their lives to a faithful Creator, while continuing to do good.
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Zechariah 14:5
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5 And you shall flee by the valley of the Lord’s mountain,[a] for the valley between the mountains shall reach to Azal,[b] and you shall flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of King Uzziah of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come and all the holy ones with him.(A)
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Daniel 9:19-20
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19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, listen and act and do not delay! For your own sake, O my God, because your city and your people bear your name!”(A)
The Seventy Weeks
20 While I was speaking and was praying and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God on behalf of the holy mountain of my God,(B)
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Daniel 9:4
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4 I prayed to the Lord my God and made confession, saying,
“Ah, Lord, great and awesome God, keeping covenant and steadfast love with those who love you[a] and keep your[b] commandments,(A)
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Jeremiah 31:18
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18 Indeed, I heard Ephraim pleading:
“You disciplined me, and I took the discipline;
I was like an untrained calf.
Bring me back; let me come back,
for you are the Lord my God.(A)
Jeremiah 20:11
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11 But the Lord is with me like a terrifying warrior;
therefore my persecutors will stumble,
and they will not prevail.
They will be greatly shamed,
for they will not succeed.
Their eternal dishonor
will never be forgotten.(A)
Jeremiah 15:15
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15 O Lord, you know;
remember me and visit me,
and bring down retribution for me on my persecutors.
In your forbearance do not take me away;
know that on your account I suffer insult.(A)
Isaiah 50:10
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10 Who among you fears the Lord
and obeys the voice of his servant,
who walks in darkness
and has no light,
yet trusts in the name of the Lord
and relies upon his God?(A)
Psalm 146:3-6
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3 Do not put your trust in princes,
in mortals, in whom there is no help.(A)
4 When their breath departs, they return to the earth;
on that very day their plans perish.(B)
5 Happy are those whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the Lord their God,(C)
6 who made heaven and earth,
the sea, and all that is in them;
who keeps faith forever;(D)
Psalm 89:26
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26 He shall cry to me, ‘You are my Father,
my God, and the Rock of my salvation!’(A)
Psalm 43:4
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4 Then I will go to the altar of God,
to God my exceeding joy,
and I will praise you with the harp,
O God, my God.(A)
Psalm 35:1-3
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Psalm 35
Prayer for Deliverance from Enemies
Of David.
1 Contend, O Lord, with those who contend with me;
fight against those who fight against me!(A)
2 Take hold of shield and buckler,
and rise up to help me!
3 Draw the spear and javelin
against my pursuers;
say to my soul,
“I am your salvation.”
Psalm 32:10
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10 Many are the torments of the wicked,
but steadfast love surrounds those who trust in the Lord.(A)
Psalm 30:12-31:1
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12 so that my soul[a] may praise you and not be silent.
O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever.(A)
Psalm 31
Prayer and Praise for Deliverance from Enemies
To the leader. A Psalm of David.
1 In you, O Lord, I seek refuge;
do not let me ever be put to shame;
in your righteousness deliver me.(B)
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- 30.12 Heb that glory
Psalm 30:2
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2 O Lord my God, I cried to you for help,
and you have healed me.(A)
Psalm 26:1
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Psalm 26
Plea for Justice and Declaration of Righteousness
Of David.
1 Vindicate me, O Lord,
for I have walked in my integrity,
and I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.(A)
Psalm 18:28
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28 It is you who light my lamp;
the Lord, my God, lights up my darkness.(A)
Psalm 18:2
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2 The Lord 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 stronghold.(A)
Psalm 17:7-9
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7 Wondrously show your steadfast love,
O savior of those who seek refuge
from their adversaries at your right hand.(A)
8 Guard me as the apple of the eye;
hide me in the shadow of your wings,(B)
9 from the wicked who despoil me,
my deadly enemies who surround me.
Psalm 13:5
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5 But I trusted in your steadfast love;
my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.(A)
Psalm 13:3
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3 Consider and answer me, O Lord my God!
Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep the sleep of death,(A)
Psalm 11:1
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Psalm 11
Song of Trust in God
To the leader. Of David.
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- 11.1 Gk Syr Jerome Tg: Heb flee to your mountain, O bird
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