Bible Verses About Prayer

¶ Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.

The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer.

Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.

And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.

Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.

Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:

¶ A Prayer of David. Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.

I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.

I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.

Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.

He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.

¶ To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.

Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.

But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.

For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.

¶ A Psalm of David. Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.

Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.

Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.