Prayer for Mercy in Time of Trouble.
For the music director; with stringed instruments,● upon an eight-string lyre. A Psalm of David.
LORD, ado not rebuke me in Your anger,Nor discipline me in Your wrath.Or according to a lower octave (Heb Sheminith)Ps 38:1; 118:182 Be gracious to me, LORD, for I am afrail;bHeal me, LORD, for cmy bones are horrified.Ps 102:4, 11Ps 41:4; 147:3; Hos 6:1Ps 22:14; 31:103 And my asoul is greatly horrified;But You, LORD—bhow long?Ps 88:3; John 12:27Ps 90:13
4 Return, LORD, arescue my 1soul;Save me because of Your mercy.Or lifePs 17:135 For athere is no 1mention of You in death;In 2Sheol, who will praise You?Or remembranceI.e., the netherworldPs 30:9; 88:10-12; 115:17; Eccl 9:10; Is 38:18
6 I am aweary with my sighing;Every night I make my bed swim,I flood my couch with bmy tears.Ps 69:3Ps 42:37 My aeye has wasted away with grief;It has grown old because of all my enemies.Job 17:7; Ps 31:9; 38:10
8 aLeave me, all you who practice injustice,For the LORD bhas heard the sound of my weeping.Ps 119:115; Matt 7:23; Luke 13:27Ps 3:4; 28:69 The LORD ahas heard my pleading,The LORD breceives my prayer.Ps 116:1Ps 66:19, 2010 All my enemies will abe put to shame and greatly horrified;They shall 1turn back, they will bsuddenly be put to shame.Or again be abruptly put to shamePs 71:13, 24Ps 73:19