For the dead do not remember you. Who can praise you from the grave?

May he remember all your gifts and look favorably on your burnt offerings. Interlude

Remember, O Lord, your compassion and unfailing love, which you have shown from long ages past.

Do not remember the rebellious sins of my youth. Remember me in the light of your unfailing love, for you are merciful, O Lord.

Psalm 38

A psalm of David, asking God to remember him.

O Lord, don’t rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your rage!

My heart is breaking as I remember how it used to be: I walked among the crowds of worshipers, leading a great procession to the house of God, singing for joy and giving thanks amid the sound of a great celebration!

my God! Now I am deeply discouraged, but I will remember you— even from distant Mount Hermon, the source of the Jordan, from the land of Mount Mizar.

This is the fate of fools, though they are remembered as being wise. Interlude

Psalm 70

For the choir director: A psalm of David, asking God to remember him.

Please, God, rescue me! Come quickly, Lord, and help me.

Remember that we are the people you chose long ago, the tribe you redeemed as your own special possession! And remember Jerusalem, your home here on earth.

Remember your covenant promises, for the land is full of darkness and violence!

Arise, O God, and defend your cause. Remember how these fools insult you all day long.

But then I recall all you have done, O Lord; I remember your wonderful deeds of long ago.

Then they remembered that God was their rock, that God Most High was their redeemer.

For he remembered that they were merely mortal, gone like a breath of wind that never returns.

They did not remember his power and how he rescued them from their enemies.

They did not remember his miraculous signs in Egypt, his wonders on the plain of Zoan.

Remember how short my life is, how empty and futile this human existence!

He has remembered his promise to love and be faithful to Israel. The ends of the earth have seen the victory of our God.

For he knows how weak we are; he remembers we are only dust.

Remember the wonders he has performed, his miracles, and the rulings he has given,

For he remembered his sacred promise to his servant Abraham.

Remember me, Lord, when you show favor to your people; come near and rescue me.

He remembered his covenant with them and relented because of his unfailing love.

May the Lord always remember these sins, and may his name disappear from human memory.