A Selection of Helpful Psalms

This is a selection of Psalms that include thoughts of encouragement, prayers to God, and promises of God that you can claim in prayer too.

Psalm 42:11
Why are you cast down, O my soul?
And why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God; For I shall yet praise Him,
The help of my countenance and my God.

Psalm 31:24
Be of good courage,
And He shall strengthen your heart,
All you who hope in the Lord.

Psalm 121:1-2
I will lift up my eyes to the hills—
From whence comes my help?
My help comes from the Lord,
Who made heaven and earth.

Psalm 28:7 The Lord is my strength and my shield;
My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped;
Therefore my heart greatly rejoices, and with my song I will praise Him.

Psalm 118:14 The Lord is my strength and song,
and He has become my salvation;
He is my God, and I will praise Him;
My father’s God, and I will exalt Him.

Psalm 27:1 The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?

Psalm 118:6
The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?

Psalm 27:5
For in the time of trouble
He shall hide me in His pavilion;
In the secret place of His tabernacle He shall hide me;
He shall set me high upon a rock.

Psalm 118:17
I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord.

Psalm 9:9-10
The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed,
A refuge in times of trouble.
And those who know Your name will put their trust in You;
For You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.

Psalm 91:3-11
Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler
And from the perilous pestilence.
He shall cover you with His feathers,
And under His wings you shall take refuge;
His truth shall be your shield and buckler.
You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,
Nor of the arrow that flies by day,
Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness,
Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.
A thousand may fall at your side,
And ten thousand at your right hand;
But it shall not come near you.
Only with your eyes shall you look,
And see the reward of the wicked.
Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge,
Even the Most High, your dwelling place,
No evil shall befall you,
Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;
For He shall give His angels charge over you,
To keep you in all your ways.

Psalm 32:7
You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble;
You shall surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah

Psalm 94:19
In the multitude of my anxieties within me,
Your comforts delight my soul.

Psalm 23:4-5
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil;
For You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

Psalm 25:1-5
To You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
O my God, I trust in You;
Let me not be ashamed;
Let not my enemies triumph over me.
Indeed, let no one who waits on You be ashamed;
Let those be ashamed who deal treacherously without cause.
Show me Your ways, O Lord; Teach me Your paths.
Lead me in Your truth and teach me,
For You are the God of my salvation; On You I wait all the day.

Psalm 5:8 Lead me, O Lord, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; Make Your way straight before my face.

Psalm 25:16-18
Turn Yourself to me, and have mercy on me,
For I am desolate and afflicted.
The troubles of my heart have enlarged;
Bring me out of my distresses!
Look on my affliction and my pain,
And forgive all my sins.

Psalm 6:2
Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am weak; O Lord, heal me, for my bones are troubled.

Psalm 25:20
Keep my soul, and deliver me; Let me not be ashamed, for I put my trust in You.

Psalm 16:1 Preserve me, O God, for in You I put my trust.

Psalm 56:3-5
Whenever I am afraid,
I will trust in You.
In God (I will praise His word),
In God I have put my trust;
I will not fear.
What can flesh do to me?
All day they twist my words;
All their thoughts are against me for evil.

Psalm 31:14
But as for me, I trust in You, O Lord; I say, “You are my God.”

Psalm 55:16
As for me, I will call upon God, And the Lord shall save me.

Psalm 138:7
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me;
You will stretch out Your hand
Against the wrath of my enemies,
And Your right hand will save me.

Psalm 119:165
Great peace have those who love Your law,
And nothing causes them to stumble.

Psalm 101:3
I will set nothing wicked before my eyes;
I hate the work of those who fall away;
It shall not cling to me.

Psalm 16:8
I have set the Lord always before me;
Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved.

Psalm 119:133
Direct my steps by Your word,
And let no iniquity have dominion over me.

Psalm 119:104
Through Your precepts I get understanding;
Therefore I hate every false way.

Psalm 119:9
How can a young man cleanse his way?
By taking heed according to Your word.

Psalm 141:3
Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth;
Keep watch over the door of my lips.

Psalm 19:13
Keep back Your servant also from presumptuous sins;
Let them not have dominion over me.
Then I shall be blameless,
and I shall be innocent of great transgression

Psalm 119:11
Your word I have hidden in my heart,
That I might not sin against You.

Psalm 57:1-2
Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me!
For my soul trusts in You;
And in the shadow of Your wings I will make my refuge,
Until these calamities have passed by.
I will cry out to God Most High,
To God who performs all things for me.

Psalm 139:23-24
Search me, O God, and know my heart;
Try me, and know my anxieties;
and see if there is any wicked way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.

Psalm 51:10-13
Create in me a clean heart, O God,
and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Do not cast me away from Your presence,
And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.
Restore to me the joy of Your salvation,
And uphold me by Your generous Spirit.
Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,
And sinners shall be converted to You.

Psalm 51:17
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit,
A broken and a contrite heart— These, O God, You will not despise.

Psalm 4:4-5
Be angry, and do not sin. Meditate within your heart on your bed, and be still. Selah.
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the Lord.

Psalm 46:10
Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!

Psalm 31:7
I will be glad and rejoice in Your mercy,
For You have considered my trouble;
You have known my soul in adversities

Psalm 4:8
I will both lie down in peace, and sleep;
For You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.

Psalm 34:7 I sought the Lord, and He heard me, And delivered me from all my fears.

Psalm 27:13-14
I would have lost heart, unless I had believed
That I would see the goodness of the Lord
In the land of the living.
Wait on the Lord;
Be of good courage,
And He shall strengthen your heart;
Wait, I say, on the Lord!

Psalm 20:6
Now I know that the Lord saves His anointed;
He will answer him from His holy heaven With the saving strength of His right hand.

Psalm 34:18
The Lord is near to those who have a broken heart,
and saves such as have a contrite spirit.

Psalm 46:1
God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.

Psalm 34:7
The angel of the Lord encamps all around those who fear Him, and delivers them.

Psalm 121:7 The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul.

Psalm 55:22
Cast your burden on the Lord,
And He shall sustain you;
He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.

Psalm 145:14
The Lord upholds all who fall, and raises up all who are bowed down.

Psalm 37:23-24
The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord,
and He delights in his way.
Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down;
For the Lord upholds him with His hand.

Psalm 34:17-19
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.

Psalm 34:10
The young lions lack and suffer hunger;
But those who seek the Lord shall not lack any good thing.

Psalm 84:11
For the Lord God is a sun and shield;
The Lord will give grace and glory;
No good thing will He withhold From those who walk uprightly.

Psalm 107:17-21
Fools, because of their transgression,
And because of their iniquities, were afflicted.
Their soul abhorred all manner of food,
And they drew near to the gates of death.
Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
And He saved them out of their distresses.
He sent His word and healed them,
And delivered them from their destructions.
Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness,
And for His wonderful works to the children of men!

Psalm 147:3
He heals the brokenhearted
And binds up their wounds.

Psalm 34:6
This poor man cried out, and the Lord heard him,
and saved him out of all his troubles.

Psalm 91:14-16
Because he has set his love upon Me,
therefore I will deliver him;
I will set him on high,
because he has 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 honor him.
With long life I will satisfy him, and show him My salvation.

Psalm 50:15
Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.

Psalm 124:6-8
Blessed be the Lord, Who has not given us as prey to their teeth.
Our soul has escaped as a bird from the snare of the fowlers;
The snare is broken, and we have escaped.
Our help is in the name of the Lord, Who made heaven and earth.

Psalm 103:1-5
Bless the Lord, O my soul;
And all that is within me, bless His holy name!
Bless the Lord, O my soul,
And forget not all His benefits:
Who forgives all your iniquities,
Who heals all your diseases,
Who redeems your life from destruction,
Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,
Who satisfies your mouth with good things,
So that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

Psalm 34:1
I will bless the Lord at all times;
His praise shall continually be in my mouth.