be still
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11Be empty, and see that I am God. I will be exalted among the peoples, and I will be exalted upon the earth.
14The Lord will fight on your behalf, and you will remain silent.”
7Be subject to the Lord and pray to him. Do not choose to compete with him who prospers in his way, with the man who does injustice.
39And rising up, he rebuked the wind, and he said to the sea: “Silence. Be stilled.” And the wind ceased. And a great tranquility occurred.
2Our God is our refuge and strength, a helper in the tribulations that have greatly overwhelmed us. 3Because of this, we will not be afraid when the earth will be turbulent and the mountains will be transferred into the heart of the sea. 4They thundered, and the waters were stirred up among them; the mountains have been disturbed by his strength. 5The frenzy of the river rejoices the city of God. The Most High has sanctified his tabernacle. 6God is in its midst; it will not be shaken. God will assist it in the early morning. 7The peoples have been disturbed, and the kingdoms have been bowed down. He uttered his voice: the earth has been moved.
6Yet, truly, my soul will be subject to God. For from him is my patience.
11For I know the thoughts that I think over you, says the Lord: thoughts of peace and not of affliction, so that I may give you patience and an end.
1A Psalm of David. The Lord directs me, and nothing will be lacking to me. 2He has settled me here, in a place of pasture. He has led me out to the water of refreshment. 3He has converted my soul. He has led me away on the paths of justice, for the sake of his name. 4For, even if I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will fear no evils. For you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they have given me consolation. 5You have prepared a table in my sight, opposite those who trouble me. You have anointed my head with oil, and my cup, which inebriates me, how brilliant it is! 6And your mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and so may I dwell in the house of the Lord for length of days.
6Be anxious about nothing. But in all things, with prayer and supplication, with acts of thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known to God.
15For thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: If you return and are quiet, you shall be saved. Your strength will be found in silence and in hope. But you are not willing!
2When I was not humble in thought, then I lifted up my soul. Like one who has been weaned from his mother, so was I recompensed in my soul.
24Teach me, and I will be silent, and if by chance I have been ignorant of anything, instruct me.