Be Still

“Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”

The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”

Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.

Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the sea. “Silence!” He commanded. “Be still!” And the wind died down, and it was perfectly calm.

Rest in God alone, O my soul, for my hope comes from Him.

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.

For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “By repentance and rest you would be saved; your strength would lie in quiet confidence—but you were not willing.”

Teach me, and I will be silent. Help me understand how I have erred.