The righteous cry out and the LORD hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves such as have a contrite spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all.He guards all his bones; not one of them is broken...The LORD redeems the soul of His servants, and none of those who trust in Him shall...  Read More

Come, my children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.Whoever of you loves life and desires to see many good days, keep your tongue from evil and your lips from telling lies. Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it. The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous and His ears are attentive to their cry; but the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to blot out th...  Read More

I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.My soul shall make its boast in the LORD; the humble shall hear of it and be glad.O magnify the LORD with me, And let us exalt His name together.I sought the Lord, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.Those who look to Him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame.This poor man called, and ...  Read More

Then all the people of Israel turned back to the LORD. So Samuel said to all the Israelites, “If  you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of the foreign gods...and commit yourselves to the LORD and serve Him only, and He will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines. So the Israelites put away all their Baals and Ashtoreths and served the LORD only. Then Samue...  Read More

After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. Then they carried the ark into Dagon’s temple. And set it beside Dagon.When the people of Ashdod rose early the next day, there was Dagon, fallen flat on his face on the ground before the ark of the LORD! They took Dagon and put him back in his place. But the following morning when they rose, there was Dagon, ...  Read More

And the LORD said to Samuel: “See, I am about to do something in Israel that will make the ears of everyone who hears about it tingle. At that time I will carry out against Eli, everything I spoke against his family...For I told him that I would judge his family forever because of the sin he knew about; his sons blasphemed God, and he failed to restrain them. Therefore I swore to the house of Eli,...  Read More