Give ear to my supplications!
In Your faithfulness answer me,
And in Your righteousness.
2 Do not enter into judgment with Your servant,
For in Your sight no one living is righteous.
Lord, "hear" my prayer...pay attention, Lord...listen! Answer me not because of who I am, but because You are faithful. Answer me because of Your righteousness...don't enter into judgment with me. You and I both know that no one could "stand" before You clothed in their own righteousness and live. I need yours to be justified...I need Yours to live!!
For the enemy has persecuted my soul;
He has crushed my life to the ground;
He has made me dwell in darkness,
Like those who have long been dead.
Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me;
My heart within me is distressed.
Help me, Father! The enemy has persecuted and afflicted my soul. Slander, cruelty, betrayal, rejection and the overwhelming despair of grief that follow each one has caused a darkness in my soul. I want to hear your voice of truth. I want to hear Your voice in my ear filled with Your lovingkindness. It alone will lift me out of the depths of darkness and revive my spirit within me. Lord I want to feel your Presence now. I want You to bring me to the light of Your countenance.
My spirit is overwhelmed...I am drowning in a sea of despair...this hurts Lord!!! Hear me!!!!
I remember the days of old;
I meditate on all Your works;
I muse on the work of Your hands.
6 I spread out my hands to You;
My soul longs for You like a thirsty land. Selah
Father, while I wait I am going to focus, remember and meditate on all your past love, mercy, kindnesses and deliverances. I am going to recall all Your works...the ones you have done in my heart and the ones in your beautiful creation that surround me. I am dry and parched like the ground when it is in need of refreshment from above. My hands will reflect my heart's longing...I will lift them to You. I want to dwell under the shelter of Your wing and rest in the shadow of Your love. I will be content with nothing Lord except Your Presence.
There is a pause..SELAH..between the 6th and the 7th verses...the psalmist continues:
Answer me speedily, O LORD;
My spirit fails!
Do not hide Your face from me,
Lest I be like those who go down into the pit.
Deliver me quickly, Father, for my spirit is ready to fail. I am at my breaking point and despair looms on the horizon. Do not hide your face from me...I would rather die than not have your presence in my life. Thinking on it saps my strength and fills me with horror. Always I have You. Always I need You. Always I want You. Without You I would despair even of life. Your love is better than life.
Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning,
For in You do I trust;
Cause me to know the way in which I should walk,
For I lift up my soul to You.
The only thing that will lift me up out of despair is to hear Your voice filled with lovingkindness. Cause me to hear it! You are the One that I trust in. You are the One who lifts my burdens and brings me to hope. You are the One who does not change and whose presence is always with me. I belong to You....I am relying on You. You are faithful...You will not disappoint one who is trusting You.
Lord, I am seeking you diligently and trusting you completely. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk. Enlighten my darkness Lord and enable me to see the perfect path You and You alone have laid out for me.
My soul is heavy but as I lift it up to You, You bear me up on eagle's wings and renew my strength....then I will be able to run and not grow weary; walk and not grow faint.
Deliver me, O LORD, from my enemies;
In You I take shelter
Jehovah God, rescue me from my enemies. My shelter is in You...in You who considers me and hears my cry. You, oh God, are my home base....You are my place of safety. In You there is no fear. That which makes me cling to You is always for my good. You work the evil of even my enemies for my good.
Teach me to do Your will,
For You are my God;
Your Spirit is good.
Lead me in the land of uprightness.
Lord, teach me to do your will by Your Spirit within me. I do not want to be a hearer only! Search me O God and know my heart. Try me, and know my anxieties and see if there is any wicked way in me...lead me in the way everlasting. Let nothing, especially my own lack of holiness and sin separate me from the shelter You provide. Your sanctuary is not for those in rebellion.
Revive me, O LORD, for Your name’s sake!
For Your righteousness’ sake bring my soul out of trouble.
In Your mercy cut off my enemies,
And destroy all those who afflict my soul;
For I am Your servant.
Revive me Lord with Your voice of grace. Bring me out of the trouble I and I alone get myself into. I plead with you Lord that for your mercy's sake you would cut off my enemies. Lord use me to cut off my enemies attacks and thwart their every avenue to inflict pain by causing me to respond in love. I know I am protected....I am Your servant. I fight from a position of victory. Bring my enemies into your camp, using the love that has been shed abroad in my heart by Your Spirit. Show them the more excellent way!
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