Powerful biblical texts taken from the book of Psalms. They are passages that can serve as inspiration to exalt, praise and adore God for his love, his greatness and his power or to spend a time in prayer before the Lord.
powerful psalms of protection
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
shelters in the shadow of the Almighty.
I say to the Lord: «You are my refuge,
my strength, the God in whom I trust.”
Only he can free you from the traps of the hunter
and deadly plagues,
for he will cover you with his feathers
and under his wings you will find refuge.
His faithfulness will be yourshield and Buckler!
(Psalm 91:1-4)
To the mountains I raise my eyes;
Where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord,
Maker of heaven and earth.
It won’t let your foot slip;
The one who takes care of you never sleeps.
never sleeps or falls asleep
the one who cares for Israel.
The Lord is the one who takes care of you,
the Lord is your protective shadow.
By day the sun won’t hurt you
nor the moon at night.
The Lord will protect you;
from all evil will protect your life.
The Lord will watch over you at home and on the road,
from now and forever.
(Psalm 121)
My shield is in God,
who saves the upright in heart.
(Psalm 7:10)
There is a river whose currents make glad the city of God,
the holy habitation of the Most High.
God is in her, the city will not fall;
at dawn God will offer his help.
Nations are shaken, kingdoms totter;
God makes his voice heard, and the earth collapses.
The Lord Almighty is with us;
our refuge is the God of Jacob. selah
(Psalm 46:4-7)
The Lord is my light and my salvation;
who will I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life;
who can frighten me?
When the wicked advance against me
to devour my meat,
when my enemies and adversaries attack me,
it is they who stumble and fall.
(Psalm 27:1-2)
Because in the day of affliction
he will shelter me in his abode;
under the shelter of his tabernacle he will protect me,
and set me high on a rock.
will make me prevail
in front of the enemies that surround me;
in his temple I will offer sacrifices of praise
and I will sing psalms to the Lord.
(Psalm 27:5-6)
Protect my life, rescue me;
do not let him be embarrassed,
because in you I seek refuge.
Integrity and righteousness be my protection,
Because I have put my hope in you.
(Psalm 25:20-21)
In you, Lord, I seek refuge;
never let them embarrass me;
in your justice, deliver me.
Incline your ear to me,
and come quickly to my aid.
Be you my protective rock,
the strength of my salvation.
Guide me, for you are my rock and my fortress,
lead me for the love of your name.
Deliver me from the trap that they have laid for me,
Because you are my refuge.
I leave my spirit in your hands;
deliver me, Lord, God of truth.
(Psalm 31:1-5)
Answer me, Lord, for your goodness and your love;
for your great compassion, turn to me.
Do not hide your face from this servant of yours;
answer me soon, I am distressed.
Come to my side, and rescue me;
redeem me, because of my enemies.
(Psalm 69:16-18)
If the Lord had not given me his help,
very soon I would have fallen into dead silence.
As soon as he said: “My feet slip,”
when your love, Lord, came to my aid.
When in me the anguish was increasing,
your consolation filled my soul with joy.
(Psalm 94:17-19)
I love the Lord
because he hears my pleading voice.
Because he inclines his ear to me,
I will invoke him all my life.
The bonds of death entangled me;
I was surprised by the anguish of the grave,
and I fell into anxiety and affliction.
So I cried out to the Lord:
“I beg you, Lord, save my life!”
The Lord is compassionate and just;
our God is all tenderness.
The Lord protects simple people;
I was very weak, and he saved me.
(Psalm 116:1-6)
Lord, protect me from the power of the wicked;
protect me from the violent,
Of those who think to make me fall.
(Psalm 140:4)
I will exalt you, Lord, because you raised me up,
because you did not let my enemies mock me.
Lord my God, I asked you for help
and you healed me
You, Lord, brought me out of the grave;
you brought me back from the dead.
(Psalm 30:1-3)
Come and see the exploits of God,
his mighty deeds on our behalf!
He turned the sea into dry land,
and the people crossed the river on foot.
Let us rejoice in it!
With his power he rules eternally;
his eyes watch the nations.
Let not the rebels rise up against him! selah
All peoples, bless our God,
let the voice of your praise be heard.
He has protected our life,
It has prevented our feet from slipping.
(Psalm 66:5-9)
Come and see the wonders of the Lord;
he has brought desolation on the earth.
has put an end to wars
in all the ends of the earth;
He has broken the bows, he has shattered the spears,
He has thrown the chariots into the fire.
“Be still, recognize that I am God.
I will be exalted among the nations!
I will be exalted in the earth!”
The Lord Almighty is with us;
our refuge is the God of Jacob. selah
(Psalm 46:8-11)
Renew your faith with these other psalms of protection
powerful psalms to pray
Have mercy on me, oh God,
according to your great love;
according to your immense goodness,
blot out my transgressions.
Wash me from all my evil
and cleanse me from my sin.
I acknowledge my transgressions;
I am always aware of my sin.
I have sinned against you, only against you,
and I have done what is evil in your sight;
therefore, your sentence is fair,
and your judgement, irreproachable.
I know that I am bad from birth;
Sinful my mother conceived me.
I know that you love the truth intimately;
in secret you have taught me wisdom.
Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
Announce me joy and gladness;
put joy in these bones that you have broken.
turn your face from my sins
and erase all my evil.
Create in me, O God, a clean heart,
and renew the firmness of my spirit.
Do not take me away from your presence
nor take your Holy Spirit from me.
Give me back the joy of your salvation;
May an obedient spirit sustain me.
(Psalm 51:1-12)
Listen, Lord, to my words;
mind my moans.
Hear my pleas, my king and my God,
Because I raise my prayer to you.
In the morning, Lord, you hear my cry;
in the morning I present my prayers to you,
and I await your response.
(Psalm 5:1-3)
But I will cry out to God,
and the Lord will save me.
Morning, afternoon and night
I cry out in anguish, and he hears me.
Although there are many who fight me,
he rescues me, he saves my life
in the battle that is waged against me.
(Psalm 55:16-18)
In my anguish I called on the Lord;
I cried out to my God,
and he heard me from his temple;
my cry reached their ears!
(Psalm 18:6)
answer my cry,
My God and my defender.
Give me relief when I am distressed,
take pity on me and listen to my prayer.
(Psalm 4:1)
Many are those who say:
“Who can show us any good?”
Make, Lord, that upon us
shine the light of your face!
(Psalm 4:6)
Have mercy on me, oh God,
because there are people who persecute me.
All day my oppressors attack me,
all day my adversaries persecute me;
there are many arrogant people who attack me.
When I feel afraid
I put my trust in you.
I trust in God and praise his word;
I trust in God and I am not afraid.
What can a mere mortal do to me?
(Psalm 56:1-4)
I cry to you, Lord; come soon to me
Listen to my voice when I cry to you!
Let my prayer rise to your presence
as an offering of incense;
raise my hands to you
like an evening sacrifice.
(Psalm 141:1-2)
Teach me, Lord, to follow your decrees,
and I will fulfill them to the end.
Give me understanding to follow your law,
and I will fulfill it with all my heart.
Lead me in the path of your commandments,
because in it I find my solace.
Incline my heart to your statutes
and not towards excessive profits.
Turn my eyes from vain things,
give me life according to your word.
Confirm your promise to this servant,
as you have done with those who fear you.
Deliver me from the opprobrium that terrifies me,
because your judgments are good.
I love your precepts!
Give me life according to your justice!
(Psalm 119:33-40)
Lord, you have been our refuge
generation after generation.
Since before the mountains were born
and that you create the earth and the world,
since ancient times
and until the last times,
You are God.
(Psalm 90:1-2)
Teach us to count our days well,
so that our hearts acquire wisdom.
When, Lord, will you turn to us?
Take pity on your servants already!
Satisfy us with your love in the morning,
and all our lives we will sing for joy.
(Psalm 90:12-14)
May the favor of the Lord our God
be on us.
Confirm in us the work of our hands;
yea, confirm the work of our hands.
(Psalm 90:17)
The Lord affirms the steps of man
when you like your way of life;
You may stumble, but you won’t fall.
because the Lord holds him by the hand.
I have been young and now I am old,
but I have never seen the righteous in misery,
nor that their children beg for bread.
They always lend generously;
your children are a blessing.
Turn away from evil and do good,
and you will always have a place to live.
Because the Lord loves justice
and does not abandon those who are faithful to him.
The Lord will protect you forever,
but he will destroy the offspring of the wicked.
(Psalm 37:23-28)
I love the Lord
because he hears my pleading voice.
Because he inclines his ear to me,
I will invoke him all my life.
(Psalm 116:1-2)
The earth belongs to the Lord and all that is in it,
the world and those who inhabit it;
because he established it over the seas,
He established it on the rivers.
Who can climb the mountain of the Lord?
Who can be in his holy place?
Only the one with clean hands and a pure heart,
he who does not worship vain idols
nor swear by false gods.
Whoever is like this receives blessings from the Lord;
God his Savior will do him justice.
Such is the generation of those who come to you,
of those who seek your face, O God of Jacob. selah
(Psalm 24:1-6)
Who is aware of their own mistakes?
Forgive me those of which I am not aware!
Also free your servant from sinning knowingly;
do not allow such sins to dominate me.
So I’ll be blameless
and to multiply my sins.
So let them be acceptable to you.
my words and my thoughts,
O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.
(Psalm 19:12-14)
Search me, O God, and search my heart;
Test me and probe my thoughts.
See if I’m going the wrong way,
and guide me on the eternal path.
(Psalm 139:23-24)
Lord, make me know your ways;
show me your paths
Guide me in your truth, teach me!
You are my God and Savior;
I put my hope in you all day!
Remember, Lord, your tenderness and great love,
that you have always shown me;
forget the sins and transgressions
that I committed in my youth.
Remember me according to your great love,
because you, Lord, are good.
(Psalm 25:4-7)
The anguish of my heart grows;
deliver me from my tribulations.
Look at my affliction and my hardships,
and erase all my sins.
(Psalm 25:17-18)
I cry to you, Lord, my rock;
don’t ignore me,
because if you keep silent,
I can now count myself among the dead.
Hear my pleading voice
when I come to you for help,
when I stretch out my arms towards your most holy place.
(Psalm 28:1-2)
O Lord, deliver me from the wicked;
protect me from the violent,
of those who hatch evil plans in their hearts
and every day they foment war.
(Psalm 140:1-2)
May my cry reach your presence;
Give me understanding, Lord, according to your word.
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