Word Therapy: Depression

The Lord goes before me; He will [march] with me; He will not fail me or let me go or forsake me; I will fear not, neither become broken [in spirit—depressed, dismayed, and unnerved with alarm]. —DEUTERONOMY 31:8 God is my shield, my glory and the lifter of my head. —PSALM 3:3 The eyes of the Lord are on me, and His ears are open to my cry. . . . When I cry out, the Lord hears, and delivers me out of all my troubles. —PSALM 34:15, 17 (NKJV) I WAITED patiently and expectantly for the Lord; and He inclined to me and heard my cry. He drew me up out of a horrible pit [a pit of tumult and of destruction], out of the miry clay (froth and slime), and set my feet upon a rock, steadying my steps and establishing my goings. And He has put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. —PSALM 40:1-3 Why are you down in the dumps, dear soul? Why are you crying the blues? I fix my eyes on God and soon I’ll be praising again. He puts a smile on my face. He’s my God. —PSALM 42:5 (THE MESSAGE) When my soul is cast down within me I remember the Lord and His goodness to me. . . . He commands His loving-kindness in the daytime, and in the night His song shall be with me—a prayer to the God of my life. . . . I say to myself, “Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? I hope in God; for I shall yet praise Him, the help of my countenance and my God.” —PSALM 42:6, 8, 11 (NKJV) I will cry to God with my voice, and He will give ear and hearken to me. In the day of my trouble I seek (inquire of and desperately require) the Lord. —PSALM 77:1-2 Because I have set my love upon the Lord, He will deliver me; He will set me on high, because I know and understand His name [I have a personal knowledge of His mercy, love, and kindness—I trust and rely on Him, knowing that He will never forsake me, no, never]. I shall call upon Him, and He will answer me; He will be with me in trouble, He will deliver me and honor me. With long life will [the Lord] satisfy me and show me His salvation. —PSALM 91:14-16 I fear not, for I shall not be ashamed; neither will I be confounded and depressed, for I shall not be put to shame. —ISAIAH 54:4 I ARISE [from the depression and prostration in which circumstances have kept me—I arise to a new life]! I shine [am radiant with the glory of the Lord), for my light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon me! —ISAIAH 60:1 But God, Who comforts and encourages and refreshes and cheers the depressed and the sinking, comforted and encouraged and refreshed and cheered me. —2 CORINTHIANS 7:6 I humble myself under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt me in due time . . . casting all my care upon Him, for He cares for me. —1 PETER 5:6, 7 (NKJV) Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to this book