8 Favorite Psalms for Comfort and Hope

Sabra Ciancanelli

We asked you, our readers, for your favorite psalms and we’ve collected some of your wonderful responses. Here’s a slideshow of the Bible verses that uplift, inspire and encourage.

We asked you, our readers, for your favorite psalms and we’ve collected some of your wonderful responses. In this slideshow, you’ll find the beloved verses of Psalm 121 and Psalm 91, as well as Bible verses you may be less familiar with. We hope you’ll enjoy these verses that uplift, inspire and encourage.

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1 ^{of 8} Psalm 91:11

For he will command his angels concerning you
to guard you in all your ways…

2 ^{of 8} Psalm 73:16-17

When I tried to understand all this,
it troubled me deeply
till I entered the sanctuary of God;
then I understood their final destiny.

3 ^{of 8} Psalm 139:17

How precious to me are your thoughts, God!
How vast is the sum of them!
Were I to count them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand—
when I awake, I am still with you.

4 ^{of 8} Psalm 19:14

May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart
be pleasing in your sight,
Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.

5 ^{of 8} Psalm 30:5

For his anger lasts only a moment,
but his favor lasts a lifetime;
weeping may stay for the night,
but rejoicing comes in the morning.

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