Prayer for Help and Guidance.

A Psalm of David.

1Hear my prayer, O LORD,

Listen to my supplications!

Answer me in Your faithfulness, and in Your righteousness.

2And do not enter into judgment with Your servant,

For in Your sight no man living is righteous or justified.

3For the enemy has persecuted me,

He has crushed my life down to the ground;

He has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have been long dead.

4Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed and weak within me [wrapped in darkness];

My heart grows numb within me.

5I remember the days of old;

I meditate on all that You have done;

I ponder the work of Your hands.

6I reach out my hands to You;

My throat thirsts for You, as a parched land [thirsts for water]. Selah.

7Answer me quickly, O LORD, my spirit fails;

Do not hide Your face from me,

Or I will become like those who go down into the pit (grave).

8Let me hear Your lovingkindness in the morning,

For I trust in You.

Teach me the way in which I should walk,

For I lift up my soul to You.

9Rescue me, O LORD, from my enemies;

I take refuge in You.

10Teach me to do Your will [so that I may please You],

For You are my God;

Let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

11Save my life, O LORD, for Your name’s sake;

In Your righteousness bring my life out of trouble.

12In your lovingkindness, silence and destroy my enemies

And destroy all those who afflict my life,

For I am Your servant.