A Prayer For God’s Mercy
1    O  LORD,  rebuke  me  not  in  your anger, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.
2    Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are troubled.
3    My soul is also greatly troubled: but you, O LORD, how long?
4    Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for your mercies' sake.
5    For in death there is no remembrance of you: in hell who shall give you thanks?
6    I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed wet with tears; I water my couch with my tears.
7    My eye is consumed because of grief; it grows old because of all my enemies.
8    Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity; for the LORD has heard the voice of my weeping.
9    The LORD has heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer.
10   Let all my enemies be ashamed and greatly troubled: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.