Psalm 37
O Lord, rebuke me not in Thine indignation; nor chastise me in Thy wrath. For Thine arrows stick fast in me: and Thou hast laid Thy hand heavily upon me. There is no health in my flesh, because of Thy wrath: there is no rest in my bones, because of my sins. For my iniquities are gone over my head: and as a heavy burden, press sorely upon me. My wounds have putrified and are corrupt: because of my foolishness. I am become miserable, and am bowed down even to the end: I go sorrowfully all the day long. For my loins are filled with illusions: and there is no soundness in my flesh. I am afflicted and humbled exceedingly: I have roared for the groaning of my heart. Lord, all my desire is before Thee, and my groaning is not hidden from Thee. My heart is troubled, my strength hath failed me: the light of mine eyes is gone from me. My friends and my neighbors drew near, and stood up against me. They that were once nigh me stood afar off: and they that sought after my soul did violence against me. And they that sought to do me evil talked vanities: and imagined deceits all the day long. But I, as a deaf man, heard not: and as one that is dumb openeth not his mouth. I became as a man that heareth not: and that hath no reproofs in his mouth. For in Thee, O Lord, have I hoped: Thou wilt hear me, O Lord my God. For I said, Let not mine enemies at any time triumph over me: and when my feet slip, they have spoken great things against me. For I am prepared for scourges: and my sorrow is always before me. For I will confess mine iniquity: and will think upon my sin. But my enemies live, and are strengthened against me: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. They that render evil for good, spake against me, because I followed goodness. Forsake me not, O Lord my God: go not Thou far from me. Haste Thee to my help, O Lord, God of my salvation.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
The Seven Penitential Psalms are traditionally prayed each day in Lent.
