Prayer for Mercy in Time of Trouble.
For the choir director; with stringed instruments,● upon an eight-string lyre. A Psalm of David.
O LORD, ado not rebuke me in Your anger,Nor chasten me in Your wrath.Or according to a lower octave (Heb Sheminith)Ps 38:1; 118:182 Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am apining away;bHeal me, O LORD, for cmy bones are dismayed.Ps 102:4, 11Ps 41:4; 147:3; Hos 6:1Ps 22:14; 31:103 And my asoul is greatly dismayed;But You, O LORD—bhow long?Ps 88:3; John 12:27Ps 90:13
4 Return, O LORD, arescue my 1soul;Save me because of Your lovingkindness.Or lifePs 17:135 For athere is no 1mention of You in death;In 2Sheol who will give You thanks?Or remembranceI.e. the nether worldPs 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 dissolve my couch with bmy tears.Ps 69:3Ps 42:37 My aeye has wasted away with grief;It has become old because of all my adversaries.Job 17:7; Ps 31:9; 38:10
8 aDepart from me, all you who do iniquity,For the LORD bhas heard the voice of my weeping.Ps 119:115; Matt 7:23; Luke 13:27Ps 3:4; 28:69 The LORD ahas heard my supplication,The LORD breceives my prayer.Ps 116:1Ps 66:19, 2010 All my enemies will abe ashamed and greatly dismayed;They shall 1turn back, they will bsuddenly be ashamed.Or again be ashamed suddenlyPs 71:13, 24Ps 73:19