Psalms

A people near to Him

Let them praise the name of the Lord, For His name alone is exalted; His glory is above earth and heaven.

And He has lifted up a horn for His people, Praise for all His godly ones; Even for the sons of Israel, a people near to Him. Praise the Lord!

Psalms 148:13-14 (NASB)

Help is from God

How blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, Whose hope is in the Lord his God,

Who made heaven and earth, The sea and all that is in them; Who keeps faith forever;

Who executes justice for the oppressed; Who gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets the prisoners free.

Psalms 146:5-7 (NASB)

The Lord protects and supports

The Lord opens the eyes of the blind; The Lord raises up those who are bowed down; The Lord loves the righteous;

The Lord protects the strangers; He supports the fatherless and the widow, But He thwarts the way of the wicked.

Psalms 146:8-9 (NASB)

Our eyes look to the Lord

To You I lift up my eyes, O You who are enthroned in the heavens!

Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, As the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, So our eyes look to the Lord our God, Until He is gracious to us.

Be gracious to us, O Lord, be gracious to us, For we are greatly filled with contempt.

Our soul is greatly filled With the scoffing of those who are at ease, And with the contempt of the proud.

Psalms 123 (NASB)

Surround with favor

But let all who take refuge in You be glad, Let them ever sing for joy; And may You shelter them, That those who love Your name may exult in You.

For it is You who blesses the righteous man, O Lord, You surround him with favor as with a shield.

Psalms 5:11-12 (NASB)

Homage to the Son

Now therefore, O kings, show discernment; Take warning, O judges of the earth.

Worship the Lord with reverence And rejoice with trembling.

Do homage to the Son, that He not become angry, and you perish in the way, For His wrath may soon be kindled. How blessed are all who take refuge in Him!

Psalms 2:10-12 (NASB)