Prayer of a Suffering Penitent. A Psalm of David, for a memorial. 1LORD And do not punish 2For Your arrows And Your hand 3There There 4For my guilty Like a heavy 5My [a]wounds Because 6I am bent I go 7For my [b]sides And there 8I feel I [d]groan 9Lord And my sighing 10My heart And the light 11My [i]loved And my kinsmen 12Those who seek And those who seek And they plot 13But I, like a person And I am like a person 14Yes, I am like a person And in whose mouth 15For I wait You will answer 16For I said Who, when my foot 17For I am ready And my [k]sorrow 18For I admit I am 19But my enemies And those who wrongfully 20And those who repay They become 21Do not abandon My God 22Hurry [a] 5 Or stripes [b] 7 Lit loins [c] 8 Or greatly [d] 8 Lit roar [e] 8 Lit growling [f] 9 Or known to You [g] 10 Lit they have [h] 10 Lit is not with me [i] 11 Or lovers [j] 12 Lit spoken [k] 17 Lit pain [l] 19 Or numerous New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit www.lockman.org Bible Hub |