I Stretch Out My Hands to You 1 UST This is a psalm of David. Yahweh, please listen to me as I pray to you, pleading for you to help me! Because you are righteous and because you faithfully do what you have promised, please do what I am asking you to do for me! BSB BSB: A Psalm of David. O LORD, hear my prayer. In Your faithfulness, give ear to my plea; in Your righteousness, answer me.
2 UST Please do not judge me, your servant, because you know that there is no one alive who is completely innocent. BSB BSB: Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before You.
3 UST Please help me because my enemies have pursued me; they have completely defeated me.{ It is as though} they have already put me in a grave like people who are dead for eternity. BSB BSB: For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead.
4 UST So I am very discouraged; I feel very dismayed. BSB BSB: My spirit grows faint within me; my heart is dismayed inside me.
5 UST I remember what has happened previously; I think about all the things that you have done; I consider the{ great} deeds that you have performed. BSB BSB: I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your works; I consider the work of Your hands.
6 UST I lift up my hands to you{ as I pray}; I need you, just as much as a very dry land needs water. Selah BSB BSB: I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah
7 UST Yahweh, I am absolutely despairing, so please answer me right now! Do not keep away from me because if you do that, I will{ soon} be among those who descend to where the dead people are. BSB BSB: Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.
8 UST Every morning cause me to remember that you faithfully love me because I trust in you. show me the things that I should do because I depend on you for my life. BSB BSB: Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.
9 UST Yahweh, please save me from my enemies; I rely on you to protect me. BSB BSB: Deliver me from my enemies, O LORD; I flee to You for refuge.
10 UST You are the God to whom I belong, so teach me to do what pleases you. I want your good Spirit to show me the best way to live. BSB BSB: Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. May Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
11 UST Yahweh, please keep me alive because of who you are; because you are righteous, please rescue me from{ the people who are} oppressing me! BSB BSB: For the sake of Your name, O LORD, revive me. In Your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.
12 UST I am one who serves you; so because you faithfully love me as you promised to do, please kill all of my enemies who want to kill me. BSB BSB: And in Your loving devotion, cut off my enemies. Destroy all who afflict me, for I am Your servant.
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