Bible Verses About Prayer

Turn from me all ye workers of iniquity, For Jehovah heard the voice of my weeping,

Jehovah hath heard my supplication, Jehovah my prayer receiveth.

Ashamed and troubled greatly are all mine enemies, They turn back--ashamed in a moment!

They trust in Thee who do know Thy name, For Thou hast not forsaken Those seeking Thee, O Jehovah.

For He who is seeking for blood Them hath remembered, He hath not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.

Rise, O Jehovah, let not man be strong, Let nations be judged before Thy face.

Appoint, O Jehovah, a director to them, Let nations know they are men! Selah.

Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.

Break the arm of the wicked and the evil, Seek out his wickedness, find none;

The desire of the humble Thou hast heard, O Jehovah. Thou preparest their heart; Thou causest Thine ear to attend,

A Prayer of David. Hear, O Jehovah, righteousness, attend my cry, Give ear to my prayer, without lips of deceit.

I--I called Thee, for Thou dost answer me, O God, incline Thine ear to me, hear my speech.

The `Praised One' I call Jehovah, And from my enemies I am saved.

In mine adversity I call Jehovah, And unto my God I cry. He heareth from His temple my voice, And My cry before Him cometh into His ears.

The desire of his heart Thou gavest to him, And the request of his lips Thou hast not withheld. Selah.

Life he hath asked from Thee, Thou hast given to him--length of days, Age-during--and for ever.

To the Overseer, on `The Hind of the Morning.' --A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation, The words of my roaring?

My God, I call by day, and Thou answerest not, And by night, and there is no silence to me.

In Thee did our fathers trust--they trusted, And Thou dost deliver them.

Unto Thee they cried, and were delivered, In Thee they trusted, and were not ashamed.

And Thou, O Jehovah, be not far off, O my strength, to help me haste.

For He hath not despised, nor abominated, The affliction of the afflicted, Nor hath He hidden His face from him, And in his crying unto Him He heareth.

By David. Unto Thee, O Jehovah, my soul I lift up.

Also let none waiting on Thee be ashamed, Let the treacherous dealers without cause be ashamed.

Remember Thy mercies, O Jehovah, And Thy kindnesses, for from the age are they.