Psalm 4

For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm of David.

Answer me when I call to you, my righteous God. Give me relief from my distress; have mercy on me and hear my prayer.

Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am faint; heal me, Lord, for my bones are in agony.

The Lord has heard my cry for mercy; the Lord accepts my prayer.

Lord, see how my enemies persecute me! Have mercy and lift me up from the gates of death,

Remember, Lord, your great mercy and love, for they are from of old.

Hear my cry for mercy as I call to you for help, as I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place.

Praise be to the Lord, for he has heard my cry for mercy.

To you, Lord, I called; to the Lord I cried for mercy:

In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from your sight!” Yet you heard my cry for mercy when I called to you for help.

Do not withhold your mercy from me, Lord; may your love and faithfulness always protect me.

I said, “Have mercy on me, Lord; heal me, for I have sinned against you.”

But may you have mercy on me, Lord; raise me up, that I may repay them.

Psalm 51

For the director of music. A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.

Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.

Psalm 57

For the director of music. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” Of David. A miktam. When he had fled from Saul into the cave.

Have mercy on me, my God, have mercy on me, for in you I take refuge. I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings until the disaster has passed.

You, Lord God Almighty, you who are the God of Israel, rouse yourself to punish all the nations; show no mercy to wicked traitors.

Answer me, Lord, out of the goodness of your love; in your great mercy turn to me.

Do not hold against us the sins of past generations; may your mercy come quickly to meet us, for we are in desperate need.

have mercy on me, Lord, for I call to you all day long.

Hear my prayer, Lord; listen to my cry for mercy.

Turn to me and have mercy on me; show your strength in behalf of your servant; save me, because I serve you just as my mother did.

He caused all who held them captive to show them mercy.

Psalm 116

I love the Lord, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy.

Turn to me and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name.

As the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a female slave look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the Lord our God, till he shows us his mercy.

Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy on us, for we have endured no end of contempt.