Bible Verses About Prayer

May that day be darkness, may God on high not seek it, may no light shine on it,

may gloom dark as death defile it, may clouds settle on it, may it be terrified by its own blackness.

"As for that night, may thick darkness seize it, may it not be joined to the days of the year, may it not be numbered among the months;

may that night be desolate, may no cry of joy be heard in it;

may those who curse days curse it, those who[se curses] could rouse Livyatan;

may the stars of its twilight be dark, may it look for light but get none, may it never see the shimmer of dawn

because it didn't shut the doors of the womb I was in and shield my eyes from trouble.

"Suppose I do sin - how do I harm you, you scrutinizer of humanity? Why have you made me your target, so that I am a burden to you?

"If you will earnestly seek God and plead for Shaddai's favor,

if you are pure and upright; then he will rouse himself for you and fulfill your needs.

If you will set your heart right, if you will spread out your hands toward him,

"Anyone who calls on God, and he answers him, becomes a laughingstock to his friends -they make fun of an innocent, blameless man.

What is Shaddai, that we should serve him? What do we gain if we pray to him?'

you will entreat him, and he will hear you, and you will pay what you vowed;

"May my enemy meet the doom of the wicked; my foe the fate of the unrighteous.

He prays to God and is accepted by him, so that he sees [God's] face with joy, and [God] repays the man for his righteousness.

thereby bringing before him the cries of the poor; and he hears the cries of the oppressed.

"I am too ashamed; I have nothing to say. I lay my hand over my mouth.

Yes, I spoke once, but I won't answer more; all right, twice, but I won't go on."

With my voice I call out to ADONAI, and he answers me from his holy hill. (Selah)

For the leader. With stringed instruments. A psalm of David: O God, my vindicator! Answer me when I call! When I was distressed, you set me free; now have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.

For the leader. On wind instruments. A psalm of David: Give ear to my words, ADONAI, consider my inmost thoughts.

Listen to my cry for help, my king and my God, for I pray to you.

ADONAI, in the morning you will hear my voice; in the morning I lay my needs before you and wait expectantly.

God, declare them guilty! Let them fall through their own intrigues, For their many crimes, throw them down; since they have rebelled against you.