Be merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death,
O LORD, You pulled me up from Sheol; You spared me from descending into the Pit.
For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol.
I said, “In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol and be deprived of the remainder of my years.”
Consider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,
Look upon my affliction and rescue me, for I have not forgotten Your law.
Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.
Consider my enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with vicious hatred.
So now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God who keeps His gracious covenant, do not view lightly all the hards
All her people groan as they search for bread. They have traded their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. Look,
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy
The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.
They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death.
Her uncleanness stains her skirts; she did not consider her end. Her downfall was astounding; there was no one to comfor
Turn to me and show me mercy, as You do to those who love Your name.
Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.
For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.
Now six stone water jars had been set there for the Jewish rites of purification. Each could hold from twenty to thirty