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Happy scriptures for Melancholies
If you are reading this, then you are no doubt one of my melancholy patients. As you know, I have been promising for quite some time to build a happy scriptures for Melancholies page on my website. When you are getting your alone time and doubts or depression come about, read the scriptures out loud so that you can hear yourself. Remember that when a melancholy thinks down then their mood will be down, but when you think up than your mood will be up. These scriptures will assist you in developing a better attitude and help you out of the "black moods" that a melancholy can get into. Enjoy! If you have any favorites that help you personally please e-mail me at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and share with us!
All scriptures are from The New American Standard Bible unless otherwise stated.
The book of Psalms
Ps 3:3
3 But You, O LORD, are a shield about me,
My glory, and the One who lifts my head.
Ps 5:11-12
11 But let all who take refuge in You be glad,
Let them ever sing for joy;
And may You shelter them,
That those who love Your name may exult in You.
12 For it is You who blesses the righteous man, O LORD,
You surround him with favor as with a shield.
Ps 9:1-6
1 I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart;
I will tell of all Your wonders.
2 I will be glad and exult in You;
I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High. 3 When my enemies turn back,
They stumble and perish before You.
4 For You have maintained my just cause;
You have sat on the throne judging righteously.
5 You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked;
You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
6 The enemy has come to an end in perpetual ruins,
And You have uprooted the cities;
The very memory of them has perished.
Ps 16:7-11
7 I will bless the LORD who has counseled me;
Indeed, my mind instructs me in the night.
8 I have set the LORD continually before me;
Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
9 Therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoices;
My flesh also will dwell securely.
10 For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol;
Nor will You allow Your Holy One to undergo decay.
11 You will make known to me the path of life;
In Your presence is fullness of joy;
In Your right hand there are pleasures forever.
Ps 18:1-3
1 “I love You, O LORD, my strength.”
2 The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,
My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;
My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
3 I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised,
And I am saved from my enemies.
Ps 23
1 The LORD is my shepherd,
I shall not want.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside quiet waters.
3 He restores my soul;
He guides me in the paths of righteousness
For His name’s sake. 4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I fear no evil, for You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
You have anointed my head with oil;
My cup overflows.
6 Surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life,
And I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
If you are reading this, then you are no doubt one of my melancholy patients. As you know, I have been promising for quite some time to build a happy scriptures for Melancholies page on my website. When you are getting your alone time and doubts or depression come about, read the scriptures out loud so that you can hear yourself. Remember that when a melancholy thinks down then their mood will be down, but when you think up than your mood will be up. These scriptures will assist you in developing a better attitude and help you out of the "black moods" that a melancholy can get into. Enjoy! If you have any favorites that help you personally please e-mail me at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and share with us!
All scriptures are from The New American Standard Bible unless otherwise stated.
The book of Psalms
Ps 3:3
3 But You, O LORD, are a shield about me,
My glory, and the One who lifts my head.
Ps 5:11-12
11 But let all who take refuge in You be glad,
Let them ever sing for joy;
And may You shelter them,
That those who love Your name may exult in You.
12 For it is You who blesses the righteous man, O LORD,
You surround him with favor as with a shield.
Ps 9:1-6
1 I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart;
I will tell of all Your wonders.
2 I will be glad and exult in You;
I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High. 3 When my enemies turn back,
They stumble and perish before You.
4 For You have maintained my just cause;
You have sat on the throne judging righteously.
5 You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked;
You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
6 The enemy has come to an end in perpetual ruins,
And You have uprooted the cities;
The very memory of them has perished.
Ps 16:7-11
7 I will bless the LORD who has counseled me;
Indeed, my mind instructs me in the night.
8 I have set the LORD continually before me;
Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
9 Therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoices;
My flesh also will dwell securely.
10 For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol;
Nor will You allow Your Holy One to undergo decay.
11 You will make known to me the path of life;
In Your presence is fullness of joy;
In Your right hand there are pleasures forever.
Ps 18:1-3
1 “I love You, O LORD, my strength.”
2 The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,
My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;
My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
3 I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised,
And I am saved from my enemies.
Ps 23
1 The LORD is my shepherd,
I shall not want.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside quiet waters.
3 He restores my soul;
He guides me in the paths of righteousness
For His name’s sake. 4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I fear no evil, for You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
You have anointed my head with oil;
My cup overflows.
6 Surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life,
And I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.


