Verses for upon me

Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.

For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.

Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.

Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.

Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.

Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.

And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:

Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.

Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, these that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.

And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD.

And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.