Study Desk

You keep my eyelids from closing; I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

I am the Lord your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.

A Prayer of David. Incline your ear, O Lord , and answer me, for I am poor and needy.

Preserve my life, for I am devoted to you; save your servant who trusts in you. You are my God;

I am counted among those who go down to the Pit; I am like those who have no help,

You have caused my companions to shun me; you have made me a thing of horror to them. I am shut in so that I cannot escape;

Wretched and close to death from my youth up, I suffer your terrors; I am desperate.

My heart is stricken and withered like grass; I am too wasted to eat my bread.

I am like an owl of the wilderness, like a little owl of the waste places.

I lie awake; I am like a lonely bird on the housetop.

For I am poor and needy, and my heart is pierced within me.

I am gone like a shadow at evening; I am shaken off like a locust.

I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.

I kept my faith, even when I said, "I am greatly afflicted";

O Lord , I am your servant; I am your servant, the child of your serving girl. You have loosed my bonds.

I am a companion of all who fear you, of those who keep your precepts.

All your commandments are enduring; I am persecuted without cause; help me!

I am yours; save me, for I have sought your precepts.

I am severely afflicted; give me life, O Lord , according to your word.

My flesh trembles for fear of you, and I am afraid of your judgments.