Great Scriptures on Prayer - Part II

**Waqar Daniel** Wed 05 Sep 2007, 10:32 pm

Answer me when I call to You, O my righteous God. Give me relief from my distress; be merciful to me and hear my prayer. --Psalm 4:1

Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my sighing. Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God, for to You I pray. In the morning, O Lord, You hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation. --Psalm 5:1-3

Away from me, all you who do evil, for the LORD has heard my weeping. The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer. --Psalm 6:8-9

O righteous God, Who searches minds and hearts, bring to an end the violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure. I will give thanks to the Lord because of His righteousness and will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High. --Psalm 7:9, 17

I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonders. --Psalm 9:1

Those who know your name will trust in You, for You, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek You. --Psalm 9:10 You hear, O LORD, the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and you listen to their cry. --Psalms 10:17

Hear, O Lord my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer--it does not rise from deceitful lips. --Psalm 17:1

My steps have held to Your paths; my feet have not slipped. I call on You, O God, for You will answer me; give ear to me and hear my prayer. Show the wonder of Your great love, You who save by Your right hand those who take refuge in You from their foes. --Psalm 17:5-7

The heavens declare the glory of God, the skies proclaim the work of his hands. May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer. --Psalm 19:1, 14

Who may ascend the hill of the Lord? Who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear by what is false. He will receive blessing from the Lord and vindication from God his Savior. Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek your face, O God of Jacob. --Psalm 24:3-6

To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul; in you I trust, O my God. --Psalm 25:1-2

Hear my voice when I call, O LORD; be merciful to me and answer me. --Psalm 27:7

My heart says of you, "Seek His face!" Your face, LORD, I will seek. --Psalm 27:8

Praise be to the Lord, for He has heard my cry for mercy. The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to Him in song.”--Psalm 28:6-7

Therefore let everyone who is godly pray to you while you may be found. I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you. --Psalm 32: 6, 8

Glorify the LORD with me; let us exalt his name together. --Psalm 34:3

This poor man called, and the LORD heard him; He saved him out of all his troubles. --Psalm 34:6

Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes. --Psalm 37:7

I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread. Wait for the Lord and keep His way." --Psalm 37:25, 34

By day the LORD directs his love, at night his song is with me—a prayer to the God of my life. --Psalm 42:8

Send forth Your light and Your truth, let them guide me; let them bring me to Your holy mountain, to the place where You dwell. Then will I go to the altar of God, to God, my joy and my delight. I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God. --Psalm 43:3-4

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea. --Psalm 46:1-2

Call upon Me in the day of' trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me." --Psalms 50:15

Save me, O God, by Your name; vindicate me by Your might. Hear my prayer, O God; listen to the words of my mouth. Surely God is my help; the Lord is the One who sustains me. --Psalm 54:1-2, 4

Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress, and he hears my voice. --Psalm 55:17

Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge. --Psalm 62:8

Praise awaits You, O God, in Zion; to You our vows will be fulfilled. O You Who hear prayer, to You all men will come. When we were overwhelmed by sins, You forgave our transgressions. --Psalm 65:1-3

You answer us with awesome deeds of righteousness, O God our Savior, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas, who formed the mountains by Your power, having armed Yourself with strength, who stilled the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the turmoil of the nations. --Psalm 65:5-7

Come and listen, all you who fear God; let me tell you what He has done for me. I cried out to Him with my mouth; His praise was on my tongue. If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened; but God has surely listened and heard my voice in prayer. Praise be to God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld His love from me! --Psalm 66:16-20

Proclaim the power of God, Whose majesty is over Israel, Whose power is in the skies. You are awesome, O God, in Your sanctuary; the God of Israel gives power and strength to His people. Praise be to God!" --Psalm 68:34-35