1516 verses about Dependence

Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress; so our eyes look to Yahweh, our God, until he has mercy on us.

If it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, let Israel now say,

Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

Our help is in Yahweh’s name, who made heaven and earth.

Unless Yahweh builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain.

It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil; for he gives sleep to his loved ones.

Out of the depths I have cried to you, Yahweh.

I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word.

Yahweh, my heart isn’t haughty, nor my eyes lofty; nor do I concern myself with great matters, or things too wonderful for me.

Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.

Israel, hope in Yahweh, from this time forward and forever more.

“Surely I will not come into the structure of my house, nor go up into my bed;

For your servant David’s sake, don’t turn away the face of your anointed one.

To him who led his people through the wilderness; for his loving kindness endures forever:

Who remembered us in our low estate; for his loving kindness endures forever;

Who gives food to every creature; for his loving kindness endures forever.

For though Yahweh is high, yet he looks after the lowly; but the proud, he knows from afar.

Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me.

You hem me in behind and before. You laid your hand on me.

Even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.

For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb.

If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I wake up, I am still with you.

Yahweh, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen to my voice when I call to you.

For my eyes are on you, Yahweh, the Lord. In you, I take refuge. Don’t leave my soul destitute.

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, you knew my route. On the path in which I walk, they have hidden a snare for me.

Look on my right, and see; for there is no one who is concerned for me. Refuge has fled from me. No one cares for my soul.

I cried to you, Yahweh. I said, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”

Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need. deliver me from my persecutors, For they are stronger than me.

Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me. My heart within me is desolate.

I spread out my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land. Selah.

Hurry to answer me, Yahweh. My spirit fails. Don’t hide your face from me, so that I don’t become like those who go down into the pit.

Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.

Revive me, Yahweh, for your name’s sake. In your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.

my loving kindness, my fortress, my high tower, my deliverer, my shield, and he in whom I take refuge; who subdues my people under me.

Yahweh, what is man, that you care for him? Or the son of man, that you think of him?

Yahweh upholds all who fall, and raises up all those who are bowed down.

The eyes of all wait for you. You give them their food in due season.

Don’t put your trust in princes, each a son of man in whom there is no help.

Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh, his God:

Yahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.

He provides food for the livestock, and for the young ravens when they call.

He doesn’t delight in the strength of the horse. He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.

Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.

My son, if sinners entice you, don’t consent.

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

for Yahweh will be your confidence, and will keep your foot from being taken.

Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, since you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor.

which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,

He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

In the fear of Yahweh is a secure fortress, and he will be a refuge for his children.

Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, than great treasure with trouble.

The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from Yahweh.

Commit your deeds to Yahweh, and your plans shall succeed.

A man’s heart plans his course, but Yahweh directs his steps.

The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from Yahweh.

Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.

A hot-tempered man must pay the penalty, for if you rescue him, you must do it again.

A man’s steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way?

The king’s heart is in Yahweh’s hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.

The horse is prepared for the day of battle; but victory is with Yahweh.

The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all.

I teach you today, even you, So that your trust may be in Yahweh.

for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the middle of the sea, or as he who lies on top of the rigging:

If you falter in the time of trouble, your strength is small.

for a righteous man falls seven times, and rises up again; but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.

a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep;

As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed.

Don’t boast about tomorrow; for you don’t know what a day may bring.

One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper.

One who trusts in himself is a fool; but one who walks in wisdom is kept safe.

“Two things I have asked of you; don’t deny me before I die:

Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for me;

lest I be full, deny you, and say, ‘Who is Yahweh?’ or lest I be poor, and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.

the ants are not a strong people, yet they provide their food in the summer.

The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks.

All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, there they flow again.

The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.

Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.

For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, and doesn’t have another to lift him up.

Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one keep warm alone?

Moreover the profit of the earth is for all. The king profits from the field.

The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

For what advantage has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living?

Whatever has been, its name was given long ago; and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him who is mightier than he.

For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight, which he has made crooked?

For there is a time and procedure for every purpose, although the misery of man is heavy on him.

Whoever carves out stones may be injured by them. Whoever splits wood may be endangered thereby.

If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there shall it be.

He who observes the wind won’t sow; and he who regards the clouds won’t reap.

As you don’t know what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child; even so you don’t know the work of God who does all.

Stop trusting in man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for of what account is he?

For, behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah supply and support, the whole supply of bread, and the whole supply of water;

But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, neither will I tempt Yahweh.”

It will come to pass in that day that the remnant of Israel, and those who have escaped from the house of Jacob will no more again lean on him who struck them, but shall lean on Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

They will be dismayed and confounded, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.

Yahweh, you will ordain peace for us, for you have also done all our work for us.

Whom will he teach knowledge? To whom will he explain the message? Those who are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts?