Quotes About Presence

As a woman with child about to give birth writhes and cries out in pain, so were we in Your presence, O LORD.

The Lord will give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, but your Teacher will no longer hide Himself—with your own eyes you will see Him.

Behold, the Name of the LORD comes from afar, with burning anger and dense smoke. His lips are full of fury, and His tongue is like a consuming fire.

The peoples flee the thunder of Your voice; the nations scatter when You rise.

“Now I will arise,” says the LORD. “Now I will lift Myself up. Now I will be exalted.

You who are far off, hear what I have done; you who are near, acknowledge My might.”

But there the Majestic One, our LORD, will be for us a place of rivers and wide canals, where no galley with oars will row, and no majestic vessel will pass.

But I know your sitting down, your going out and coming in, and your raging against Me.

The islands see and fear; the ends of the earth tremble. They approach and come forward.

Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness.

He will not cry out or raise His voice, nor make His voice heard in the streets.

Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east and gather you from the west.

This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge behind you; they will come over in chains and bow down to you. They will confess to you: ëGod is indeed with you, and there is no other; there is no other God.í”

Come near to Me and listen to this: From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time it happened, I was there.” And now the Lord GOD has sent me, accompanied by His Spirit.

Your descendants would have been as countless as the sand, and your offspring as numerous as its grains; their name would never be cut off or eliminated from My presence.”

Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are ever before Me.

Therefore My people will know My name; therefore they will know on that day that I am He who speaks. Here I am!”

For you will not leave in a hurry nor flee in haste, for the LORD goes before you, and the God of Israel is your rear guard.

Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.

The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are swept away, while no one considers that the righteous are guided from the presence of evil.

So shall they fear the name of the LORD where the sun sets, and His glory where it rises. For He will come like a raging flood, driven by the breath of the LORD.

No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor.

In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence,