Quotes About Life

Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of wild dogs.

The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise Him. May your hearts live forever!

All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before Him—even those unable to preserve their lives.

Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,

Of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—whom shall I dread?

One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.

Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

O LORD, You pulled me up from Sheol; You spared me from descending into the Pit.

“What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?

For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.

For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.

to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.

Who is the man who delights in life, who desires to see good days?

May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.

How long, O Lord, will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.

For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.

For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants.

The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey.

yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched, he could not be found.

Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.

“Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is.

You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah

Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.