Reflections on Psalm 17-18

• O LORD, I struggle and strive to live a holy life. I seek to come to You with clean hands and a pure heart.
• Hear my cry and show Yourself mighty against my enemies.
• They seem to prosper and gain more and more, these evil men who oppress others.
• Set things right, Lord, and help me to remember that You adore me, and hide me under Your wings.
• I will trust in You at all times, for You are my faithful God.

• Lord, You are my safety and my refuge.
• You are my strength and You are worthy of all my praise.
• Death has tried to overtake me, but You rescue me.
• I am calling on You today, and I ask that You save me from my enemies, physical and spiritual, and save me from the death that longs to overtake me.
• Lord, when I call upon You, I know that Your voice cries back to me.
• You thunder through the earth and speak with authority.
• You uncover anything that is hidden, and You judge the evil and wicked people of the earth.
• You are my champion, my deliverer, my Savior!
• Speak to me now, O LORD, that I may hear You and worship.
• As You open up the deep places of the earth, scoop me up from the deep waters that would drown me.
• Deliver me from my enemies and set me in a wide place of rest.
• I will continually strive to be holy and righteous in Your sight.
• Return a right reward for the actions of men, good for good, evil for evil.
• Repay those who offer payment and show them that You are God
• By Your strength, and not my own, I will overcome a troop and bound over every obstacle like a mighty man of war. I will rise up out of my struggle and be strong!
• You light my path as a lamp and protect my life like a shield.
• You alone are God.
• You make my steps secure, You make my path passable and safe.
• You have given me victory over my enemies.
• I take authority over evil in all its forms.
• I serve in the dominion You have given me on the earth, and I will fill my territory with the knowledge of You.
• Therefore I will praise Your holy name.
• Blessed be the Rock, the God of my salvation!
• You have avenged me, You have delivered me, You have extended Your mercy to me.
• I will praise You for all my days, and lift You up among the brethren and among the unsaved.
• You are worthy!

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