Psalm 13 Prayed

Psalm 13 Prayed
Praying through distress,
sickness and depression


   How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever?
            How long will you hide your face from me?
   How long must I wrestle with my thoughts
            and every day have sorrow in my heart?
            How long will my enemy triumph over me?

   Look on me and answer, O Lord my God.
            Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death;
    my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,”
            and my spiritual foes will rejoice when I fall.

   O Lord, be to me the God and Father
            of our Lord Jesus Christ,
            the Father of compassion
            and the God of all comfort,
            who comforts me in all my troubles,
   so that I can comfort those in any trouble
            with the comfort I have received
            from you, O God.

But I am under such great pressure, O Lord.
            Far beyond my ability to endure,
            so that I despair even of life.
   Indeed, in my heart I feel the sentence of death.
            So help me not to rely on myself,
            but on you, O God, who raises the dead.
   O Lord, you have delivered so many others
            from such deadly peril;
            now deliver me.
   On you I have set my hope;
            that you will continue to deliver me.
   Surround me O Lord,
            with those who can help my by their prayers.
   Then many will give thanks on my behalf,
            for the gracious favour you granted me
            in answer to the prayers of many.

   Help me to trust in your unfailing love;
            may my heart rejoice in your salvation.
   Then I will sing to you, O Lord,
            for you have been good to me. 

Psalm 13
For the director of music. A psalm of David.



1   How long, O LORD?
            Will you forget me forever?
            How long will you hide your face from me?
2   How long must I wrestle with my thoughts
            and every day have sorrow in my heart?
            How long will my enemy triumph over me?
3   Look on me and answer, O LORD my God.
            Give light to my eyes,
            or I will sleep in death;
4   my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,”
            and my foes will rejoice when I fall.
2Cor. 1:3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,  4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.  5 For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.

2Cor. 1:8 We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about the hardships we suffered in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.  9 Indeed, in our hearts we felt the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead.  10 He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us,  11 as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the gracious favour granted us in answer to the prayers of many.

5   But I trust in your unfailing love;
            my heart rejoices in your salvation.
6   I will sing to the LORD,
            for he has been good to me.

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