Quotes About Prayer

Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you prosper.

A song of ascents. I lift up my eyes to You, the One enthroned in heaven.

Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy, for we have endured much contempt.

A song of ascents. Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD!

O Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy.

A song of ascents. O LORD, remember on behalf of David all the hardships he endured,

I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids,

For the sake of Your servant David, do not reject Your anointed one.

I bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness; You have exalted Your name and Your word above all else.

On the day I called, You answered me; You emboldened me and strengthened my soul.

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me.

O God, that You would slay the wicked—away from me, you bloodthirsty men—

Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men. Protect me from men of violence,

Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked. Keep me safe from men of violence who scheme to make me stumble.

I say to the LORD, “You are my God.” Hear, O LORD, my cry for help.

Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not promote their evil plans, lest they be exalted. Selah

May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.

A Psalm of David. I call upon You, O LORD; come quickly to me. Hear my voice when I call to You.

May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.

Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.

Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies.

Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.