Bible Verses About Prayer

Let that day be turned into darkness, let not God regard it from above, and let not the light shine upon it.

Let darkness, and the shadow of death, cover it, let a mist overspread it, and let it be wrapped up in bitterness.

Let a darksome whirlwind seize upon that night, let it not be counted in the days of the year, nor numbered in the months.

Let that night be solitary, and not worthy of praise.

Let them curse it who curse the day, who are ready to raise up a leviathan:

Let the stars be darkened with the mist thereof: let it expect light, and not see it, nor the rising of the dawning of the day:

Because it shut not up the doors of the womb that bore me, nor took away evils from my eyes.

I have sinned: what shall I do to thee, O keeper of men? why hast thou set me opposite to thee. and am I become burdensome to myself?

Yet if thou wilt arise early to God, and wilt beseech the Almighty:

If thou wilt walk clean and upright, he will presently awake unto thee, and will make the dwelling of thy justice peaceable:

But thou hast hardened thy heart, and hast spread thy hands to him.

He that is mocked by his friends as I, shall call upon God and he will hear him: for the simplicity of the just man is laughed to scorn.

Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what doth it profit us if we pray to him?

Thou shalt pray to him, and he will hear thee, and thou shalt pay vows.

Let my enemy be as the ungodly, and my adversary as the wicked one.

He shall pray to God, and he will be gracious to him: and he shall see his face with joy, and he will render to man his justice.

So that they caused the cry of the needy to come to him, and he heard the voice of the poor.

And hast thou an arm like God, and canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

Clothe thyself with beauty, and set thyself up on high, and be glorious, and put on goodly garments.

But thou, O Lord, art my protector, my glory, and the lifter up of my head.

Unto the end, in verses. A psalm for David.

Unto the end, for her that obtaineth the inheritance. A psalm for David.

Give ear, O Lord, to my words, understand my cry.

Hearken to the voice of my prayer, O my King and my God.

For there is no truth in their mouth: their heart is vain.