Make haste to help me, O Lord of my salvation. Rebuke me not, O Lord, in your anger, • neither chasten me in your heavy displeasure. For your arrows have stuck fast in me • and your hand presses hard upon me. There is no health in my flesh because of your indignation; • there is no peace in my bones because of my sin. For my iniquities have gone over my head; • their weight is a burden too heavy to bear. R My wounds stink and fester • because of my foolishness. I am utterly bowed down and brought very low; • I go about mourning all the day long. My loins are filled with searing pain; • there is no health in my flesh. I am feeble and utterly crushed; • I roar aloud because of the disquiet of my heart. R O Lord, you know all my desires • and my sighing is not hidden from you. My heart is pounding, my strength has failed me; • the light of my eyes is gone from me. My friends and companions stand apart from my affliction; • my neighbours stand afar off. Those who seek after my life lay snares for me; • and those who would harm me whisper evil and mutter slander all the day long. R But I am like one who is deaf and hears not, • like one that is dumb, who does not open his mouth. I have become like one who does not hear • and from whose mouth comes no retort. For in you, Lord, have I put my trust; • you will answer me, O Lord my God. For I said, ‘Let them not triumph over me, • those who exult over me when my foot slips.’ R Truly, I am on the verge of falling • and my pain is ever with me. I will confess my iniquity • and be sorry for my sin. Those that are my enemies without any cause are mighty, • and those who hate me wrongfully are many in number. Those who repay evil for good are against me, • because the good is what I seek. Forsake me not, O Lord; • be not far from me, O my God. Make haste to help me, • O Lord of my salvation. Make haste to help me, O Lord of my salvation. Almighty Lord and Saviour, behold with pity the wounds of your people; do not forsake us, sinful as we are, but for the sake of the passion of your Beloved One, Jesus, come quickly to our aid, for his mercy’s sake.
Posted on: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 04:29:03 +0000
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