Lent

God, answer when I call to You, for You are all my righteousness; Be gracious, Lord, and hear my prayer, O give me hope in my distress.

Give ear to my words, O Lord, my deep groaning don't ignore. Hear and heed my pleading prayer, as I come and seek Your care.

O Lord, in anger don’t rebuke, In wrath, don’t chide or turn from me. Have mercy, Lord, for I am faint, My very bones in agony.

O Lord, my God in You I refuge take, Save me from those who would pursue my life. Like a strong lion they would tear and shake, Leaving no help in all my painful strife.

How long, Lord, will You forget me? How long will You hide Your face? How long, Lord, will this depression grip my soul in its embrace?

My God, my God, O why have You forsaken me, and why are You so far from saving me, while groaning words I cry?

To you I call, O Lord my Rock; don't turn your ear from me, for if You're silent, then like those within the pit I'll be.

In You, O Lord, I refuge take, let me be never put to shame; and in your righteousness, O Lord, deliver me—I trust Your name.

Blessed is the man whose sin is covered over by the Lord; whose transgressions are forgiven, whose guilt God does not record.

Contend, O Lord, with those who do contend with me; and fight against all those arrayed who battle against me.