• Psalm 143 | A Prayer for Guidance and Deliverance

    “Hear my prayer, Lord,Listen to my pleadings!Answer me in Your faithfulness, in Your righteousness!And do not enter into judgment with Your servant,For no person living is righteous in Your sight.” “For the enemy has persecuted my soul;He has crushed my life to the ground;He has made me dwell in dark places,Like those who have long

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  • Psalm 142 | A Cry from the Cave

    “I cry aloud with my voice to the Lord;I make supplication with my voice to the Lord.I pour out my complaint before Him;I declare my trouble before Him.” “When my spirit felt weak within me,You knew my path.In the way where I walkThey have hidden a trap for me.” “Look to the right and see;For

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  • Psalm 141 | A Prayer for Purity and Protection

    “Lord, I call upon You; hurry to me!Listen to my voice when I call to You!May my prayer be counted as incense before You;The raising of my hands as the evening offering.” “Set a guard, Lord, over my mouth;Keep watch over the door of my lips.Do not incline my heart to any evil thing,To practice

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  • Psalm 140 | Deliver Me, O Lord, from Evil Men

    “Rescue me, Lord, from evil people;Protect me from violent menWho devise evil things in their hearts;They continually stir up wars.” “They sharpen their tongues like a snake;The venom of a viper is under their lips.Selah.” “Keep me, Lord, from the hands of the wicked;Protect me from violent menWho intend to trip up my steps.The proud

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  • Psalm 139 | Known, Formed, and Loved by God

    “Lord, You have searched me and known me.You know when I sit down and when I get up;You understand my thought from far away.You scrutinize my path and my lying down,And are acquainted with all my ways.Even before there is a word on my tongue,Behold, Lord, You know it all.” “You have encircled me behind

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  • Psalm 138 | The Lord’s Lovingkindness Endures Forever

    “I will give You thanks with all my heart;I will sing Your praises before the gods.I will bow down toward Your holy templeAnd give thanks to Your name for Your mercy and Your truth;For You have made Your word great according to all Your name.” “On the day I called, You answered me;You made me

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  • Psalm 137 | By the Rivers of Babylon

    “By the rivers of Babylon,There we sat down and wept,When we remembered Zion.Upon the willows in the midst of itWe hung our harps.” “For there our captors demanded of us songs,And our tormentors, amusement, saying,‘Sing us one of the songs of Zion!’” “How can we sing the Lord’s songIn a foreign land?If I forget you,

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