A Prayer of Faith in Time of Distress

To the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. On an eight-stringed harp. A Psalm of David.

O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger, Nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure.

Arise, O Lord, in Your anger; Lift Yourself up because of the rage of my enemies; Rise up for me to the judgment You have commanded!

You shall make them as a fiery oven in the time of Your anger; The Lord shall swallow them up in His wrath, And the fire shall devour them.

Do not hide Your face from me; Do not turn Your servant away in anger; You have been my help; Do not leave me nor forsake me, O God of my salvation.

For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning.

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; Do not fret—it only causes harm.

There is no soundness in my flesh Because of Your anger, Nor any health in my bones Because of my sin.

Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God!

Pour out Your indignation upon them, And let Your wrathful anger take hold of them.

A Plea for Relief from Oppressors

A Contemplation of Asaph.

O God, why have You cast us off forever? Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture?

Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has He in anger shut up His tender mercies? Selah

Therefore the Lord heard this and was furious; So a fire was kindled against Jacob, And anger also came up against Israel,

But He, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, And did not destroy them. Yes, many a time He turned His anger away, And did not stir up all His wrath;

He cast on them the fierceness of His anger, Wrath, indignation, and trouble, By sending angels of destruction among them.

He made a path for His anger; He did not spare their soul from death, But gave their life over to the plague,

For they provoked Him to anger with their high places, And moved Him to jealousy with their carved images.

You have taken away all Your wrath; You have turned from the fierceness of Your anger.

Restore us, O God of our salvation, And cause Your anger toward us to cease.

Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your anger to all generations?

For we have been consumed by Your anger, And by Your wrath we are terrified.

Who knows the power of Your anger? For as the fear of You, so is Your wrath.

The Lord is merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abounding in mercy.

He will not always strive with us, Nor will He keep His anger forever.

Thus they provoked Him to anger with their deeds, And the plague broke out among them.

They angered Him also at the waters of strife, So that it went ill with Moses on account of them;