Bible Verses About Prayer

So we will not turn away from you. Revive us, and we will call on your name.

You called in trouble, and I delivered you. I answered you in the secret place of thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah.” Selah.

I am the LORD, your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

God, don’t keep silent. Don’t keep silent, and don’t be still, God.

For, behold, your enemies are stirred up. Those who hate you have lifted up their heads.

My God, make them like tumbleweed; like chaff before the wind.

As the fire that burns the forest, as the flame that sets the mountains on fire,

so pursue them with your tempest, and terrify them with your storm.

Fill their faces with confusion, that they may seek your name, LORD.

Let them be disappointed and dismayed forever. Yes, let them be confounded and perish;

that they may know that you alone, whose name is the LORD, are the Most High over all the earth.

Hear, LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.

Preserve my soul, for I am godly. You, my God, save your servant who trusts in you.

Be merciful to me, Lord, for I call to you all day long.

Bring joy to the soul of your servant, for to you, Lord, do I lift up my soul.

For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive; abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you.

Hear, LORD, my prayer. Listen to the voice of my petitions.

In the day of my trouble I will call on you, for you will answer me.

Show me a sign of your goodness, that those who hate me may see it, and be shamed, because you, LORD, have helped me, and comforted me.

LORD, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you.

Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my cry.

My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, LORD. I have spread out my hands to you.

But to you, LORD, I have cried. In the morning, my prayer comes before you.

LORD, why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?

Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your faithfulness?