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Prayer for Help and Guidance.

¹ Hear my prayer, O LORD,
^(C1)Listen to my supplications!
Answer me in Your ^(C2)faithfulness, and in Your ^(C3)righteousness.

² And ^(C1)do not enter into judgment with Your servant,
For in Your sight ^(C2)no man living is righteous or justified. ^(VR1)

³ For the enemy has persecuted me,
He has crushed my life down ^(C1)to the ground;
He ^(C2)has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have been long dead.

⁴ Therefore ^(C1)my spirit is overwhelmed and weak within me wrapped in darkness;
My heart ^(C2)grows numb within me.

⁵ I ^(C1)remember the days of old;
I ^(C2)meditate on all that You have done;
I ^(C3)ponder the work of Your hands.

⁶ I ^(C1)reach out my hands to You;
My ^(C2)throat thirsts for You, as a parched land thirsts for water. Selah.

^7 (C1)Answer me quickly, O LORD, my ^(C2)spirit fails;
^(C3)Do not hide Your face from me,
Or I will become like ^(C4)those who go down into the pit (grave).

⁸ Let me hear Your ^(C1)lovingkindness ^(C2)in the morning,
For I trust ^(C3)in You.
Teach me the ^(C4)way in which I should walk,
For I ^(C5)lift up my soul to You.

^9 (C1)Rescue me, O LORD, from my enemies;
I take refuge in You.

^10 (C1)Teach me to do Your will so that I may please You,
For You are my God;
Let ^(C2)Your good Spirit ^(C3)lead me on level ground.

^11 (C1)Save my life, O LORD, ^(C2)for Your name's sake;
^(C3)In Your righteousness bring my life out of trouble.

¹² In your lovingkindness, ^(C1)silence and destroy my enemies
And ^(C2)destroy all those who afflict my life,
For ^(C3)I am Your servant.