Bible Verses About The Providence of God

By the breath of God, ice is given, and the wide waters freeze over.

He weighs the clouds down with moisture, and they flash forth his lightning.

He, by his plans, turns them around, so they do what he commands them anywhere on earth;

he brings them forth on the earth sometimes to punish, sometimes to express his grace.

I always set ADONAI before me; with him at my right hand, I can never be moved;

My times are in your hand; rescue me from my enemies' power, from those who persecute me.

ADONAI brings to nothing the plans of nations, he foils the plans of the peoples.

Your righteousness is like the mountains of God, your judgments are like the great deep. You save man and beast, ADONAI.

For ADONAI loves justice and will not abandon his faithful; they are preserved forever. But the descendants of the wicked will be cut off.

You have made my days like handbreadths; for you, the length of my life is like nothing." Yes, everyone, no matter how firmly he stands, is merely a puff of wind. (Selah)

When I tried to understand all this, I found it too hard for me -

For you will not be raised to power by those in the east, the west or the desert;

since God is the judge; and it is he who puts down one and lifts up another.

Your way went through the sea, your path through the turbulent waters; but your footsteps could not be traced.

he will rescue you from the trap of the hunter and from the plague of calamities;

he will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his truth is a shield and protection.

for he will order his angels to care for you and guard you wherever you go.

You fixed the earth on its foundations, never to be moved.

You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.

At your rebuke they fled; at the sound of your thunder they rushed away,

flowing over hills, pouring into valleys, down to the place you had fixed for them.

You determined a boundary they could not cross; they were never to cover the earth again.

All of them look to you to give them their food when they need it.

When you give it to them, they gather it; when you open your hand, they are well satisfied.

I will meditate on your precepts and keep my eyes on your ways.