Prayer for Mercy in Time of Trouble.
For the choir director; with stringed instruments, upon an eight-string lyre. A Psalm of David.
1O L
ORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger,
Nor chasten me in Your wrath.
2Be gracious to me, O L
ORD, for I
am pining away;
Heal me, O L
ORD, for my bones are dismayed.
3And my soul is greatly dismayed;
But You, O L
ORDhow long?
4Return, O L
ORD, rescue my soul;
Save me because of Your lovingkindness.
5For there is no mention of You in death;
In Sheol who will give You thanks?
6I am weary with my sighing;
Every night I make my bed swim,
I dissolve my couch with my tears.
7My eye has wasted away with grief;
It has become old because of all my adversaries.
8Depart from me, all you who do iniquity,
For the L
ORD has heard the voice of my weeping.
9The L
ORD has heard my supplication,
The L
ORD receives my prayer.
10All my enemies will be ashamed and greatly dismayed;
They shall turn back, they will suddenly be ashamed.
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