Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner as all my fathers were.--Psalm 39:12
Hear my prayer, Father...I am a stranger here on this earth. I don't know how to come in or go out without You. Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. Don't hide your commandments from me...Your statutes are my song during my pilgrimage here. My true home is with You in heaven. Here on this earth I walk by faith and not by sight. I need your directions and your guidance. I need your right hand to lead me and uphold me in the right way. When the darkness covers me, You are light about me.
Do not hold your peace at my tears...my sorrow, Father, is continually before me. You keep all my tears in a bottle. Have mercy on me, for I am weak. I am your beloved...he who touches me touches, the apple of your eye. You are gracious and merciful. I have been brought low, but You, O God, help me. I will rest under the shadow of Your wing because You have and will deal bountifully with me. You have delivered my soul from death and my eyes from tears.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
A Prayer to the God of My Life
The Lord will command His lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night His song shall be with me, a prayer to the God of my life. --Psalm 42:8
You are my King and my God...at Your word my deliverance comes. You command Your blessings....even life for evermore....upon me. You daily load me with benefits. Your kindness towards me reaches to the heavens. Your tender mercies are always with me. You do not stand aloof at my tears. Your lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise You. I will bless You and lift up my hands to You. My soul shall be satisfied with your goodness.
At night Your song is with me. You are my hiding place; You preserve me from trouble and You, my God, surround me with songs of deliverance. I will remember You upon my bed and meditate on You in the night watches. I will sing aloud of Your goodness and be joyful in Your glory. You alone give me gladness of heart and in the shadow of Your wings I rejoice. I will follow hard after You and Your right hand will hold me up. My soul waits upon You only, for my expectation is from You. You are the God of my life. My rock, my refuge and my strength. In you I live and move and have my being.
You are my King and my God...at Your word my deliverance comes. You command Your blessings....even life for evermore....upon me. You daily load me with benefits. Your kindness towards me reaches to the heavens. Your tender mercies are always with me. You do not stand aloof at my tears. Your lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise You. I will bless You and lift up my hands to You. My soul shall be satisfied with your goodness.
At night Your song is with me. You are my hiding place; You preserve me from trouble and You, my God, surround me with songs of deliverance. I will remember You upon my bed and meditate on You in the night watches. I will sing aloud of Your goodness and be joyful in Your glory. You alone give me gladness of heart and in the shadow of Your wings I rejoice. I will follow hard after You and Your right hand will hold me up. My soul waits upon You only, for my expectation is from You. You are the God of my life. My rock, my refuge and my strength. In you I live and move and have my being.
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