37 Bible Verses about Dependence (2/2)

In you, Lord, I have taken refuge;
let me never be put to shame;
deliver me in your righteousness.

Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior,
who daily bears our burdens.

When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider this: God has made the one as well as the other. Therefore, no one can discover anything about their future.

But you, Lord, are a shield around me,
my glory, the One who lifts my head high.

From the Lord comes deliverance.
May your blessing be on your people.

So that I may come to you with joy, by God’s will, and in your company be refreshed.

Out of the depths I cry to you, Lord;
Lord, hear my voice.
Let your ears be attentive
to my cry for mercy.

At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship and said:
“Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
and naked I will depart.
The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away;
may the name of the Lord be praised.”

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

Surely God is my help;
the Lord is the one who sustains me.

The Lord sends poverty and wealth;
he humbles and he exalts.

So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him.