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7I will rejoice and be glad in Your lovingkindness,
Because You have seen my affliction; You have known the troubles of my soul, 8And You have not given me over into the hand of the enemy; You have set my feet in a large place. 9Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; My eye is wasted away from grief, my soul and my body also. 10For my life is spent with sorrow And my years with sighing; My strength has failed because of my iniquity, And my body has wasted away. 11Because of all my adversaries, I have become a reproach, Especially to my neighbors, And an object of dread to my acquaintances; Those who see me in the street flee from me. 12I am forgotten as a dead man, out of mind; I am like a broken vessel. 13For I have heard the slander of many, Terror is on every side; While they took counsel together against me, They schemed to take away my life. 14But as for me, I trust in You, O LORD, I say, "You are my God." Saved not because I'm perfect... not because I 'follow the rules' or because I have 'good morals.' Saved because I know I'm wretched and that my heart is sick and wicked. Saved because I confess that I'm in desperate need of a Savior. I'm continually blessed by the divine inspiration of God's Word... that Christ became sin on our behalf... not for the upright and holy, but for the broken and lawless. |
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