Bible Society of South Africa

Comfort from the Word – Day 7

Thankfulness

Bible text(s)

32He is the God who makes me strong,

who makes my pathway safe.

33He makes me sure-footed as a deer;

he keeps me safe on the mountains.

Psalms 18:32-33GNBOpen in Bible reader

35O LORD, you protect me and save me;

your care has made me great,

and your power has kept me safe.

36You have kept me from being captured,

and I have never fallen.

Psalms 18:35-36GNBOpen in Bible reader

The Love of God

1Praise the LORD, my soul!

All my being, praise his holy name!

2Praise the LORD, my soul,

and do not forget how kind he is.

3He forgives all my sins

and heals all my diseases.

4He keeps me from the grave

and blesses me with love and mercy.

5He fills my life with good things,

so that I stay young and strong like an eagle.

Psalms 103:1-5GNBOpen in Bible reader

Thanksgiving to God for his Justice

1I will praise you, LORD, with all my heart;

I will tell of all the wonderful things you have done.

2I will sing with joy because of you.

I will sing praise to you, Almighty God.

Psalms 9:1-2GNBOpen in Bible reader

6Give praise to the LORD;

he has heard my cry for help.

7The LORD protects and defends me;

I trust in him.

He gives me help and makes me glad;

I praise him with joyful songs.

8The LORD protects his people;

he defends and saves his chosen king.

9Save your people, LORD,

and bless those who are yours.

Be their shepherd,

and take care of them for ever.

Psalms 28:6-9GNBOpen in Bible reader

A Song of Praise and Thanksgiving

1Praise God with shouts of joy, all people!

2Sing to the glory of his name;

offer him glorious praise!

3Say to God, “How wonderful are the things you do!

Your power is so great

that your enemies bow down in fear before you.

4Everyone on earth worships you;

they sing praises to you,

they sing praises to your name.”

5Come and see what God has done,

his wonderful acts for mankind.

6He changed the sea into dry land;

our ancestors crossed the river on foot.

There we rejoiced because of what he did.

7He rules for ever by his might

and keeps his eyes on the nations.

Let no rebels rise against him.

8Praise our God, all nations;

let your praise be heard.

9He has kept us alive

and has not allowed us to fall.

10You have put us to the test, God;

as silver is purified by fire

so you have tested us.

11You let us fall into a trap

and placed heavy burdens on our backs.

12You let our enemies trample over us;

we went through fire and flood,

but now you have brought us to a place of safety.

13I will bring burnt offerings to your house;

I will offer you what I promised.

14I will give you what I said I would

when I was in trouble.

15I will offer sheep to be burnt on the altar;

I will sacrifice bulls and goats,

and the smoke will go up to the sky.

16Come and listen, all who honour God,

and I will tell you what he has done for me.

17I cried to him for help;

I praised him with songs.

18If I had ignored my sins,

the Lord would not have listened to me.

19But God has indeed heard me;

he has listened to my prayer.

20I praise God,

because he did not reject my prayer

or keep back his constant love from me.

Someone Saved from Death Praises God

1I love the LORD, because he hears me;

he listens to my prayers.

2He listens to me

every time I call to him.

3The danger of death was all round me;

the horrors of the grave closed in on me;

I was filled with fear and anxiety.

4Then I called to the LORD,

“I beg you, LORD, save me!”

5The LORD is merciful and good;

our God is compassionate.

6The LORD protects the helpless;

when I was in danger, he saved me.

7Be confident, my heart,

because the LORD has been good to me.

8The LORD saved me from death;

he stopped my tears

and kept me from defeat.

9And so I walk in the presence of the LORD

in the world of the living.

10I kept on believing, even when I said,

“I am completely crushed,”

11even when I was afraid and said,

“No one can be trusted.”

12What can I offer the LORD

for all his goodness to me?

13I will bring a wine offering to the LORD,

to thank him for saving me.

14In the assembly of all his people

I will give him what I have promised.

15How painful it is to the LORD

when one of his people dies!

16I am your servant, LORD;

I serve you, just as my mother did.

You have saved me from death.

17I will give you a sacrifice of thanksgiving

and offer my prayer to you.

18-19In the assembly of all your people,

in the sanctuary of your Temple in Jerusalem,

I will give you what I have promised.

Praise the LORD!

Psalms 116GNBOpen in Bible reader

A Hymn of Praise

1Praise the LORD!

Sing a new song to the LORD;

praise him in the assembly of his faithful people!

2Be glad, Israel, because of your Creator;

rejoice, people of Zion, because of your king!

3Praise his name with dancing;

play drums and harps in praise of him.

4The LORD takes pleasure in his people;

he honours the humble with victory.

5Let God's people rejoice in their triumph

and sing joyfully all night long.

6Let them shout aloud as they praise God,

with their sharp swords in their hands

7to defeat the nations

and to punish the peoples;

8to bind their kings in chains,

their leaders in chains of iron;

9to punish the nations as God has commanded.

This is the victory of God's people.

Praise the LORD!

Psalms 149GNBOpen in Bible reader

Praise the LORD!

1Praise the LORD!

Praise God in his Temple!

Praise his strength in heaven!

2Praise him for the mighty things he has done.

Praise his supreme greatness.

3Praise him with trumpets.

Praise him with harps and lyres.

4Praise him with drums and dancing.

Praise him with harps and flutes.

5Praise him with cymbals.

Praise him with loud cymbals.

6Praise the LORD, all living creatures!

Praise the LORD!

Psalms 150GNBOpen in Bible reader

When one is in distress and in need of the power and comfort of the Lord, one often feels rather helpless. These Scripture portions from the Psalms have been grouped together under headings to help you find verses of Scripture appropriate to your particular circumstances.

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