New International Version
Psalms 6, 32, 38, 51, 102, 130, 143
1
O
LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger
or discipline me in
your wrath.
2
Be merciful to me, LORD, for I am faint;
O LORD, heal me,
for my bones are in agony.
3
My soul is in anguish.
How long, O LORD, how long?
4
Turn, O LORD, and deliver me;
save me because of your
unfailing love.
5
No one remembers you when he is dead.
Who praises you from
the grave?
6
I am worn out from groaning;
all night long I flood my bed
with weeping
and drench my couch with tears.
7
My eyes grow weak with sorrow;
they fail because of all my
foes.
8
Away from me, all you who do evil,
for the LORD has heard
my weeping.
9
The LORD has heard my cry for mercy;
the LORD accepts my
prayer.
10
All my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed;
they will
turn back in sudden disgrace.
1 Blessed is he
2 Blessed is the man
3 When
I kept silent,
my bones wasted away
through my groaning all day long.
4 For
day and night
your hand was heavy upon me;
my strength was sapped
as in the heat of summer.
Selah
5 Then
I acknowledged my sin to you
and did not cover up my iniquity.
I said, "I will confess
my transgressions to the LORD "—
and you forgave
the guilt of my sin.
Selah
6 Therefore
let everyone who is godly pray to you
while you may be found;
surely when the mighty waters rise,
they will not reach him.
7 You
are my hiding place;
you will protect me from trouble
and surround me with songs of deliverance.
Selah
8 I
will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will counsel you and watch over you.
9 Do
not be like the horse or the mule,
which have no understanding
but must be controlled by bit and bridle
or they will not come to you.
10 Many
are the woes of the wicked,
but the LORD's unfailing love
surrounds the man who trusts in him.
11 Rejoice
in the LORD and be glad, you righteous;
sing, all you who are upright in heart!
1
O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger
or discipline me in
your wrath.
2
For your arrows have pierced me,
and your hand has come
down upon me.
3
Because of your wrath there is no health in my body;
my
bones have no soundness because of my sin.
4
My guilt has overwhelmed me
like a burden too heavy to
bear.
5
My wounds fester and are loathsome
because of my sinful
folly.
6
I am bowed down and brought very low;
all day long I go
about mourning.
7
My back is filled with searing pain;
there is no health in
my body.
8
I am feeble and utterly crushed;
I groan in anguish of
heart.
9
All my longings lie open before you, O Lord;
my sighing is
not hidden from you.
10
My heart pounds, my strength fails me;
even the light has
gone from my eyes.
11
My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds;
my neighbors stay far away.
12
Those who seek my life set their traps,
those who would
harm me talk of my ruin;
all day long they plot deception.
13
I am like a deaf man, who cannot hear,
like a mute, who
cannot open his mouth;
14
I have become like a man who does not hear,
whose mouth
can offer no reply.
15
I wait for you, O LORD;
you will answer, O Lord my God.
16
For I said, "Do not let them gloat
or exalt
themselves over me when my foot slips."
17
For I am about to fall,
and my pain is ever with me.
18
I confess my iniquity;
I am troubled by my sin.
19
Many are those who are my vigorous enemies;
those who hate
me without reason are numerous.
20
Those who repay my good with evil
slander me when I pursue
what is good.
21
O LORD, do not forsake me;
be not far from me, O my God.
22
Come quickly to help me,
O Lord my Savior.
1
Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your unfailing love;
according to your great compassion
blot out my
transgressions.
2
Wash away all my iniquity
and cleanse me from my sin.
3
For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is always before
me.
4
Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil
in your sight,
so that you are proved right when you speak
and justified when you judge.
5
Surely I was sinful at birth,
sinful from the time my
mother conceived me.
6
Surely you desire truth in the inner parts;
you teach me
wisdom in the inmost place.
7
Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
wash me, and
I will be whiter than snow.
8
Let me hear joy and gladness;
let the bones you have
crushed rejoice.
9
Hide your face from my sins
and blot out all my iniquity.
10
Create in me a pure heart, O God,
and renew a steadfast
spirit within me.
11
Do not cast me from your presence
or take your Holy Spirit
from me.
12
Restore to me the joy of your salvation
and grant me a
willing spirit, to sustain me.
13
Then I will teach transgressors your ways,
and sinners
will turn back to you.
14
Save me from bloodguilt, O God,
the God who saves me,
and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.
15
O Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth will declare your
praise.
16
You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it;
you
do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
17
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
a broken and
contrite heart,
O God, you will not despise.
18
In your good pleasure make Zion prosper;
build up the
walls of Jerusalem.
19
Then there will be righteous sacrifices,
whole burnt
offerings to delight you;
then bulls will be offered on
your altar.
1
Hear my prayer, O LORD;
let my cry for help come to you.
2
Do not hide your face from me
when I am in distress.
Turn your ear to me;
when I call, answer me quickly.
3
For my days vanish like smoke;
my bones burn like glowing
embers.
4
My heart is blighted and withered like grass;
I forget to
eat my food.
5
Because of my loud groaning
I am reduced to skin and
bones.
6
I am like a desert owl,
like an owl among the ruins.
7
I lie awake; I have become
like a bird alone on a roof.
8
All day long my enemies taunt me;
those who rail against
me use my name as a curse.
9
For I eat ashes as my food
and mingle my drink with tears
10
because of your great wrath,
for you have taken me up and
thrown me aside.
11
My days are like the evening shadow;
I wither away like
grass.
12
But you, O LORD, sit enthroned forever;
your renown
endures through all generations.
13
You will arise and have compassion on Zion,
for it is time
to show favor to her;
the appointed time has come.
14
For her stones are dear to your servants;
her very dust
moves them to pity.
15
The nations will fear the name of the LORD,
all the kings
of the earth will revere your glory.
16
For the LORD will rebuild Zion
and appear in his glory.
17
He will respond to the prayer of the destitute;
he will
not despise their plea.
18
Let this be written for a future generation,
that a people
not yet created may praise the LORD :
19
"The LORD looked down from his sanctuary on high,
from heaven he viewed the earth,
20
to hear the groans of the prisoners
and release those
condemned to death."
21
So the name of the LORD will be declared in Zion
and his
praise in Jerusalem
22
when the peoples and the kingdoms
assemble to worship the
LORD.
23
In the course of my life he broke my strength;
he cut
short my days.
24
So I said:
"Do not take me away, O my God, in the
midst of my days;
your years go on through all
generations.
25
In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth,
and the heavens are the work of your hands.
26
They will perish, but you remain;
they will all wear out
like a garment.
Like clothing you will change them
and they will be discarded.
27
But you remain the same,
and your years will never end.
28
The children of your servants will live in your presence;
their descendants will be established before you."
1 Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD;
2
O Lord, hear my voice.
Let your ears be attentive
to my cry for mercy.
3
If you, O LORD, kept a record of sins,
O Lord, who could
stand?
4
But with you there is forgiveness;
therefore you are
feared.
5
I wait for the LORD, my soul waits,
and in his word I put
my hope.
6
My soul waits for the Lord
more than watchmen wait for the
morning,
more than watchmen wait for the morning.
7
O Israel, put your hope in the LORD,
for with the LORD is
unfailing love
and with him is full redemption.
8
He himself will redeem Israel
from all their sins.
1
O LORD, hear my prayer,
listen to my cry for mercy;
in your faithfulness and righteousness
come to my
relief.
2
Do not bring your servant into judgment,
for no one living
is righteous before you.
3
The enemy pursues me,
he crushes me to the ground;
he makes me dwell in darkness
like those long dead.
4
So my spirit grows faint within me;
my heart within me is
dismayed.
5
I remember the days of long ago;
I meditate on all your
works
and consider what your hands have done.
6
I spread out my hands to you;
my soul thirsts for you like
a parched land.
Selah
7
Answer me quickly, O LORD;
my spirit fails.
Do
not hide your face from me
or I will be like those who go
down to the pit.
8
Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love,
for
I have put my trust in you.
Show me the way I should go,
for to you I lift up my soul.
9
Rescue me from my enemies, O LORD,
for I hide myself in
you.
10
Teach me to do your will,
for you are my God;
may your good Spirit
lead me on level ground.
11
For your name's sake, O LORD, preserve my life;
in your
righteousness, bring me out of trouble.
12
In your unfailing love, silence my enemies;
destroy all my
foes,
for I am your servant.