What is your favourite psalm?

[shazza]

I just love Psalm 139, how much he knows and loves me. :il:

[rockswillcryout]

Psalm 121

I lift up my eyes to the hills-

where does my help come from?

My help comes from the LORD ,

the Maker of heaven and earth.

He will not let your foot slip-

he who watches over you will not slumber;

indeed, he who watches over Israel

will neither slumber nor sleep.

The LORD watches over you-

the LORD is your shade at your right hand;

6 the sun will not harm you by day,

nor the moon by night.

The LORD will keep you from all harm-

he will watch over your life;

the LORD will watch over your coming and going

both now and forevermore.

[Orr v'emet]

I love all the Psalms but the following has been special to me since first hearing about my grandmother's diagnosis of terminal cancer and of her going to be with the Lord last week. It's also special because it talks about Jesus rescuing us from spiritual death...

Psalm 116

1

I love the LORD because he hears

and answers my prayers.

2

Because he bends down and listens,

I will pray as long as I have breath!

3

Death had its hands around my throat;

the terrors of the grave[1] overtook me.

I saw only trouble and sorrow.

4

Then I called on the name of the LORD:

"Please, LORD, save me!"

5

How kind the LORD is! How good he is!

So merciful, this God of ours!

6

The LORD protects those of childlike faith;

I was facing death, and then he saved me.

7

Now I can rest again,

for the LORD has been so good to me.

8

He has saved me from death,

my eyes from tears,

my feet from stumbling.

9

And so I walk in the LORD's presence

as I live here on earth!

10

I believed in you, so I prayed,

"I am deeply troubled, LORD."

11

In my anxiety I cried out to you,

"These people are all liars!"

12

What can I offer the LORD

for all he has done for me?

13

I will lift up a cup symbolizing his salvation;

I will praise the LORD's name for saving me.

14

I will keep my promises to the LORD

in the presence of all his people.

15

The LORD's loved ones are precious to him;

it grieves him when they die.

16

O LORD, I am your servant;

yes, I am your servant, the son of your handmaid,

and you have freed me from my bonds!

17

I will offer you a sacrifice of thanksgiving

and call on the name of the LORD.

18

I will keep my promises to the LORD

in the presence of all his people,

19

in the house of the LORD,

in the heart of Jerusalem.

Praise the LORD!

[George]

My two favorite Psalms are 91 and 35.

I love Psalms 35 since it's a Psalm that I often pray.

I'll just post the first few verses along with how I pray often,

Psa 35:1 Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.

Lord, I come to you and ask you Father that you fight against them that fight against me and against the ministry!

Psa 35:2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.

Lord, place upon me the entire armor of God and help me to walk in your power!

Psa 35:3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.

Psa 35:4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

Psa 35:5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.

Psa 35:6 Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.

Father, send forth angels and drive the enemy from me!

Psa 35:7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.

Psa 35:8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

Father, I ask you that destruction would come upon the enemy of my soul, and Lord I ask you that the net that was prepared for my destruction would entangle the enemy in the very trap he has prepared for me.

Psa 35:9 And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.

I praise you Father and my joy is in you and I rejoice in Jesus the author and finisher of my faith!

Pray Psalms and passages of the Word -- it's one of the most effective methods of praying that is hardly ever discussed!

Your brother in Christ with much agape love,

George