Dear Father, I don’t know how the Psalmist could know my heart so well as he reached out to You. I hear my life all over this Psalm and I pray as earnestly as I am able for Your power and love and mercy and listening ear and so precious to me. Thank You for loving me and help me to be a good son, in Jesus’ name. Amen
1 Hear me, LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy. 2 Guard my life, for I am faithful to You; save Your servant who trusts in You. You are my God; 3 have mercy on me, LORD, for I call to You all day long. 4 Bring joy to Your servant, LORD for I put my trust in You. 5 You, LORD, are forgiving and good, abounding in love to all who call to You. 6 Hear my prayer, LORD; listen to my cry for mercy. 7 When I am in distress, I call to You, because You answer me. 8 Among the gods there is none like You, LORD; no deeds can compare with Yours. 9 All the nations You have made will come and worship before You, Lord; they will bring glory to Your name. 10 For You are great and do marvelous deeds; You alone are God. 11 Teach me Your way, LORD, that I may rely on Your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear Your name. 12 I will praise You, LORD my God, with all my heart; I will glorify Your name forever. (Psalm 86)
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