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Prayer of Repentance
1.Have mercy on me, God, in your goodness;
in your abundant compassion
blot out my offense.
Wash away all my guilt; from my sin cleanse me.
For I know my offense;
my sin is always before me.
Against you alone have I sinned;
have done such evil in your sight
that you are just in your sentence,
blameless when you condemn.
True, I was born guilty, a sinner,
even as my mother conceived me.
Still, you insist on sincerity of heart;
in my inmost being teach me wisdom.
Cleanse me with hyssop, that I may be pure;
wash me, make me whiter than snow.
Let me hear the sounds of joy and gladness;
let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
Prayer in time of distress
Lord, hear my prayer;
let my cry come to you.
Hide not your face from me
in the day of my distress.
Incline your ear to me;
in the day when I call,
answer me speedily,
for my days vanish like smoke,
and my bones burn like fire.
Withered and dried up like grass
is my heart;
I forget to eat my bread.
Because of my insistent sighing
I am reduced to skin and bone.
I am like a desert owl;
I have become like an owl among the ruins.
I am sleepless, and I moan;
I am like a sparrow alone on a housetop.
All the day my enemies revile me;
in their rage against me
they make a curse of me.
For I eat ashes like bread
and mingle my drink with tears,
because of your fury and your wrath;
for you lifted me up only to cast me down.
My days are like a lengthening shadow,
and I wither like the grass.
But you , O Lord, abide forever,
and your name threough all generations.
You will arise and have mercy on Zion,
for it is time to pity her,
for the appointed time has come.
For her stones are dear to your servants, nd her dust moves them to pity.
And the nations shall revere your name,
O Lord,
and all the kings of the earth your glory,
When the Lord has rebuilt Zion
and appeared in his glory;
When he has regarded
the prayer of the destitute,
and not despised their prayer.
Let this be written
for the generation to come,
and let his future creatures
praise the Lord:
"The Lord looked down from his holy height, from heaven he beheld the earth,
to hear the groaning of the prisoners,
to release those doomed to die"
That the name of the Lord
may be declared in Zion;
Prayer of Repentance
2. Turn away your face from my sins;
blot out all my guilt.
A clean heart create for me, God;
renew in me a steadfast spirit.
Do not drive me from your presence,
nor take from me your holy spirit.
Restore my joy in your salvation;
sustain in me a willing spirit.
I will teach the wicked your ways,
that sinners may return to you.
Rescue me from death, God, my saving God,
that my tongue may praise your healing power.
Lord, open my lips;
my mouth will proclaim your praise.
For you do not desire sacrifice;
a burnt offering you would not accept.
My sacrifice, God, is a broken, humbled heart.
3. Make Zion prosper in your good pleasure;
rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.
Then you will be pleased with proper sacrifice,
burnt offerings and holocausts;
then bullocks will be offered on your altar.
(verse two continued)
and his praise, in Jerusalem,
When the peoples gather together,
and the kingdoms, to serve the Lord.
He has broken down my strength in the way;
he has cut short my days.
I say: O my God,
Take me not hence in the midst of my days;
through all generations your years endure.
Of old you established the earth,
and the heavens are the work of your hands.
They shall perish, but you remain
though all of them grow old like a garment.
Like clothing you change them, and they are changed,
but you are the same, and your years have no end.
The children of your servants shall abide,
and their posterity shall continue in your presence.