There come moments in our lives when we may feel like God is silent. This mostly happens during times of struggles and challenges. When we are at our weakest point and God is not responding to our prayers, we may think He has abandoned us. However, we need to keep in mind that God’s silence does not mean His absence. These Psalms will encourage you when you feel like God is silent in your hard times.
1. Psalms 22:1 -2 (NIV) – “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish? My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest.”
2. Psalms 22:11 (NIV) – “Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.”
3. Psalms 22:19 (NIV) – “But you, Lord, do not be far from me. You are my strength; come quickly to help me.”
4. Psalms 22:24 (NIV) – “For He has not despised or scorned the suffering of the afflicted one; He has not hidden His face from Him but has listened to his cry for help.”
5. Psalms 55:1-2 (NIV) – “Listen to my prayer, O God, do not ignore my plea; hear me and answer me. My thoughts trouble me and I am distraught.”
6. Psalms 55:16-17 (NIV) – “As for me, I call to God, and the Lord saves me. Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.
Psalms that Will Encourage You When God Seems Distant in Your Times of Need
A time when God is silent in your struggles is not a time to draw away from Him. Rather, it is a time to draw near to Him by reading His word even more. The Bible in James 4:8 says that when we draw near to God, He will draw near to us. Therefore, when we feel like He is silent in our times of need, we can read these Psalms and draw closer to Him.
8. Psalms 50:3 (NIV) – “Our God comes and will not be silent; a fire devours before Him, and around him a tempest rages.”
10. Psalms 44:23-26 (NIV) – “Awake, Lord! Why do you sleep? Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever. Why do you hide your face and forget our misery and oppression? We are brought down to the dust; our bodies cling to the ground. Rise up and help us; rescue us because of your unfailing love.”
Psalms About God Being Silent During Your Difficult Times
11. Psalms 83:1 (NIV) – “O God, do not remain silent; do not turn a deaf ear, do not stand aloof, O God.”
12. Psalms 62:8 (NIV) – “Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to Him, for God is our refuge.”
13. Psalms 62:11-12 (NIV) – “One thing God has spoken, two things I have heard: “Power belongs to you, God, and with you, Lord, is unfailing love”; and, “You reward everyone according to what they have done.”
14. Psalms 46:1-3 (NIV) – “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore, we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.”
15. Psalms 46:10 (NIV) – “He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”
16. Psalms 141:1-2 (NIV) – “I call to you, Lord, come quickly to me; hear me when I call to you. May my prayer be set before you like incense; may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.”
When God Seems Silent, Read These Psalms
17. Psalms 27:7-10 (NIV) – “Hear my voice when I call, Lord; be merciful to me and answer me. My heart says of you, “Seek His face!” Your face, Lord, I will seek. Do not hide your face from me, do not turn your servant away in anger; you have been my helper. Do not reject me or forsake me, God my Savior. Though my father and mother forsake me, the Lord will receive me.”
18. Psalms 27:13-14 (NIV) – “I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.”
19. Psalms 37:4-7 (NIV) – “Take delight in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him and He will do this: He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn, your vindication like the noonday sun. Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.”
20. Psalms 37:23-24 (NIV) – “The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in Him; though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with His hand.”
Encouraging Psalms to Read When God Is Silent in Your Suffering and Challenges
21. Psalms 65:2 (NIV) – “You who answer prayer, to you all people will come.”
22. Psalms 65:5 (NIV) – “You answer us with awesome and righteous deeds, God our Savior, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas.”
23. Psalms 39:12-13 (NIV) – “Hear my prayer, Lord, listen to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. I dwell with you as a foreigner, a stranger, as all my ancestors were. Look away from me, that I may enjoy life again before I depart and am no more.”
24. Psalms 69:1-3 (NIV) – “Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck. I sink in the miry depths, where there is no foothold. I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me. I am worn out calling for help; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.”
25. Psalms 69:16-18 (NIV) – “Answer me, Lord, out of the goodness of your love; in your great mercy turn to me. Do not hide your face from your servant; answer me quickly, for I am in trouble. Come near and rescue me; deliver me because of my foes.”
Psalms to Read When You Feel Like God Is Silent
26. Psalms 69:29 (NIV) – “But as for me, afflicted and in pain—may your salvation, God, protect me.”
27. Psalms 69:33 (NIV) – “The Lord hears the needy and does not despise His captive people.”
28. Psalms 109:1 (NIV) – “My God, whom I praise, do not remain silent.”
29. Psalms 28:1-2 (NIV) – “To you, Lord, I call; you are my Rock, do not turn a deaf ear to me. For if you remain silent, I will be like those who go down to the pit. Hear my cry for mercy as I call to you for help, as I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place.”
30. Psalms 28:6-7 (NIV) – “Praise be to the Lord, for He has heard my cry for mercy. The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and He helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise Him.”
31. Psalms 88:1-3 (NIV) – “Lord, you are the God who saves me; day and night I cry out to you. May my prayer come before you; turn your ear to my cry. I am overwhelmed with troubles and my life draws near to death.”
Psalms That Will Encourage You When God Seems Silent
32. Psalms 88:9 (NIV) – “I call to you, Lord, every day; I spread out my hands to you.”
33. Psalms 88:13-14 (NIV) – “But I cry to you for help, Lord; in the morning my prayer comes before you. Why, Lord, do you reject me and hide your face from me?”
34. Psalms 9:10 (NIV) – “Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.”
35. Psalms 9:18 (NIV) – “But God will never forget the needy; the hope of the afflicted will never perish.”
