Why are you downcast, 

O my soul?

Why so disturbed 

within me?

Put your hope in God,

for I will yet praise him,

my Savior and  

[Psalms 42:5 NIV]

They set up kings

without my consent;

they choose princes

without my approval.

With their silver and gold

they make idols

for themselves

to their own destruction.

[Hosea 8:4 NIV]

May the Lord direct

your hearts

into God's love and

Christ's perseverance.

[2 Thessalonians 3:5 NIV]

We know that 

God does not

listen to sinners.

He listens to

the godly man

who does his will.

[John 9:31 NIV]

What other nation is 

so great as to have

their gods near them

the way the LORD

our God is

near us whenever

we pray to him?

[Deuteronomy 4:7 NIV]