Study Desk

Would I lie about my case? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.'

"Do you think it is just when you say, 'I am righteous before God.'?

"Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.

Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony.

I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.

He says to himself, "I shall not be moved; from age to age I am free of distress."

But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.

Turn to me and be gracious, for I am lonely and afflicted.

Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I will thank Him with my song.

Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well.

Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends-they flee when they see me on the street.

I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind. I am like a broken vessel.

In my alarm I said, "I am cut off from Your sight!" But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.

Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers; say to my soul: "I am your salvation."

I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.

I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.

I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.

I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.