10 Psalms for Anxiety
It was over ten years ago that I first realized I was not okay. One day my alarm didn’t go off, and my children were awake before the coffee had started brewing. I was already frustrated, and I didn’t even know why. With a lot of responsibility, deadlines, and tasks ahead of me, I did not want to even get out of bed, let alone go make breakfast for my children. It was then I needed these 10 psalms for anxiety
I didn’t know that I was allowed to be sad for no reason. Sadness didn’t linger because I was somehow not doing the “right” things. In fact, during that time I was doing all the right Christian things. At night I felt anxious and overwhelmed. So many things plagued my mind. I couldn’t sleep.
Sometimes, life is filled with heartache, and the fog is dense inside our heads, for no reason. This truth got me out of bed that morning and helped me do work: there is more than we can see. That is what this book is about. What more can we see, even through the fog, the cloud, and with waves crashing over us?
If we read the Book of Psalms we find that God meets us where we are, not where we want to be. He is with us in our anxiety and fears. If you feel afraid of the future, worried about things in your present, or the past stresses of life fill you with anxiety – take a moment to read through these verses.
10 Psalms for Anxiety
- Psalm 23:4 – 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 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 31:1 – In You, O Lord, I put my trust; Let me never be ashamed; Deliver me in Your righteousness.
- Psalm 34:4 – I sought the Lord, and He heard me, And delivered me from all my fears.
- Psalm 46:2 – Therefore we will not fear, Even though the earth be removed, And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea.
- Psalm 49:5 – Why should I fear in the days of evil, When the iniquity at my heels surrounds me?
- Psalm 55:5 – Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me, And horror has overwhelmed me.
- Psalm 64:1 – Hear my voice, O God, in my meditation; Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
- Psalm 78:53 – And He led them on safely, so that they did not fear; But the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
- Psalm 118:6 – The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?
BONUS: Proverbs 12:24: Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, But a good word makes it glad.
I pray that you will find strength in the Lord even if you fear. Anything you might be facing is safe in the hands of God. Maybe during this season of worry you will meet with Him even though you are afraid! He will be up all night watching over you, so rest with the One who loves you with steadfast love.
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