Return to your rest, my soul, for Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you.
After recalling distress, the speaker gives thanks for being heard and invites the soul to rest.
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Old Testament
Deuteronomy1 verses →
Anonymous. Largely a farewell address placed in Moses' mouth by a narrator who goes on to describe his death.
Joshua1 verses →
Anonymous. Tells Joshua's story in the third person.
Psalms6 verses →
Many hands over centuries. Superscriptions assign a number to David; those are ancient editorial notes, not signatures.
Proverbs3 verses →
A collection headed as Solomon's, which elsewhere names other compilers.
Ecclesiastes1 verses →
Written in the voice of 'the Preacher, the son of David' — a role rather than a name.
Isaiah2 verses →
Spans centuries of material and has long been read as the work of more than one hand.
Lamentations1 verses →
Anonymous. Tradition assigns it to Jeremiah; the text does not.
New Testament
Matthew2 verses →
Anonymous. The name is a second-century attribution.
John3 verses →
Anonymous. Names its own source only as 'the disciple whom Jesus loved'.
Paul's letters13 verses →
Named by the text and widely accepted — the clearest authorship in the Bible. Several letters bearing his name are disputed and are marked as such.
James1 verses →
Names its author only as James, a very common name. Which James is disputed.
1 Peter1 verses →
Names Peter. Its polished Greek has made that contested since antiquity.
Revelation1 verses →
Names its author as John. Which John has been disputed since the third century.
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A thanksgiving psalm recalls release from distress and renewed confidence to live and speak.
Out of my distress, I called on Yah. Yah answered me with freedom.
A thanksgiving psalm recalls release from distress and renewed confidence to live and speak.
Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
A thanksgiving psalm recalls release from distress and renewed confidence to live and speak.
Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.
Prayers throughout this wisdom psalm connect comfort and guidance with God's word.
Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble.
Prayers throughout this wisdom psalm connect comfort and guidance with God's word.
My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word.
Prayers throughout this wisdom psalm connect comfort and guidance with God's word.
I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from?
A song of ascents describes help and protection on the journey.
My help comes from Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.
A song of ascents describes help and protection on the journey.
He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber.
A pilgrim song describes attentive care through the comings and goings of life.
Yahweh is your keeper. Yahweh is your shade on your right hand.
A pilgrim song describes attentive care through the comings and goings of life.
Yahweh will keep your going out and your coming in, from this time forward, and forever more.
A pilgrim song describes attentive care through the comings and goings of life.