A PSALM

​O' LORD HOW EXCELLENT IS THY NAME IN ALL THE EARTH. OH MY LORD THE HEAVENS CANNOT CONTAIN THEE. YOU ARE THE GOD WHO SITS HIGH, LOOKS LOW AND SWEARS ON HIMSELF. YOU ARE THE AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF OUR FAITH. O' LORD GOD TO WHOM BELONG ALL MERCIES AND TRUTH. FORSAKE NOT THINE HERITAGE O' LORD. REDEEM THOSE WHOM YOU HAVE ORDAINED FOR YOUR REDEMPTION. YOU ALONE ARE OUR REFUGE AND GUIDE. SEEK THOSE WHO STILL NEED TO BE SOUGHT OUT O' LORD. BE NOT SILENT TO US IN THY HOT DISPLEASURE. O' LORD HAVE MERCY ON YOUR CHOSEN. CONSIDER OUR SURRENDER THOUGH UNTIMELY YOU ARE FAITHFUL TO FORGIVE. CLEANSE OUR MINDS AND OURIFY OUR HEARTS. LET NOT OUR ADVERSARIES GAIN GROUND. REFINE US O' LORD WITH YOUR REFINING FIRE. RENEW OUR SPIRIT MAN DAY BY DA, MINUTE BY MINUTE. SEND YOUR ANGELS THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN CHARGE TO HELP US CONTEND ON OUR MOST HOLY FAITH. HEAL OUR BACKSLIDINGS O' LORD. BE OUR SAVIOR AS YOU HAVE SPOKEN. COMMAND YOUR DELIVERANCE FOR OUR LIVES. FATHER, HEAR US FOR WE ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF OUR FATHER TO GUIDE OUR LIVES. CHASTEN US AS THE JUS TJUDGE. LEAD US O' LORD IN THE RIGHTEOUS PATH. KEEP US FROM SINNING AGAINST YOU MY GOD! WE NEED YOU TO REIGN AS GOD. BE NOT ANGRY FOREVER. LORD GOD WE DESIRE YOU WITH OUR WHOLE HEART. PLEASE LORD DO NOT STOP COUNSELING YOUR CHILDREN.
WHERE DO I RUN FROM THE ZEAL THAT DOES BURN WITHIN. THE ANGER FOR MY MY FLESH THAT HAS CAUSED ME TO DISPLEASE YOU SO. OH LORD MY EAR HAS INCLINED ITSELF TO HEAR YOUR VOICE. I CANNOT STOP THE EXPECTATION OF YOU POURING...EVEN IF THERE BE A CHASTENING. FORSAKE ME NOT IN THINE WRATH AND INDIGNATION SAVE YOUR PEOPLE. SAVE YOUR DAUGHTER O' LORD. INTERVENE HASTILY O' GOD FOR MY DESPERATION FOR YOUR SPIRIT. THE PASSIONATE PURSUIT FOR YOUR PRESENCE IS NEVER ENDING KNOWING THAT I AM BUT A WOMAN, AND A MERE GENTILE HAS ME ATTEMPTING TO OVERCOMPENSATE FOR FAVOR I HAVE YET TO OBTAIN. FAVOR AND MERCY HAS SEEMED TO COME SO PLENTEOUS TO TOHERS WHO DO NOT EVEN DESIRE SUCH FROM YOU. A CHASE TO NOT HAVE APPREHENDED KEEPS DRIVNG ME TO SEEK THAT MUCH THE MORE. I HAVE BECOME ADDICTED TO SEEKING YOU IN HOPES OF YOUR MERCY THAT AS THE UNJUST JUDGE HAD CONCLUDED THEY GRANT THE FAVOR THE PETITION TO AVOID THE NUSANCE OF THE MATTER. YOU WROTE THAT IT WAS YOU WHO CHOSE US. YOU KNEW US BEFORE WE WERE FORMED AND WHAT WAY WE WOULD TAKE. YOU SAY, CONSIDER YOUR WORKS. I SAY, CONSIDER THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE IN ME... THE LOVE YOU'VE POURED WASN'T IT PURE? THE BLOOD YOU SHED, WAS IT NOT RIGHTEOUS? HOW CAN I HIDE SUCH A THING? HOW CAN I KEEP MYSELF? HOW CAN I WALK AWAY, EVEN KNOWING I HAVE SINNED O' LORD. THE GUILT IS OFTEN PRESENT, BUT IT IS MASKED BY MY PASSIONATE PURSUIT FOR YOUR SPIRIT. AS A CHILD, I FORGET THE WRONG AND AM CONSUMED WITH THE POWER OF YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS, THE VERY DESIRE FOR YOUR VOICE OF INSTRUCTION... THE COMFORT OF YOUR LOVING ARMS OF TENDER MERCIES. THE THINGS THA TI OUGHT TO DO. I OFTEN FIND MYSELF DOING THE CONTRARY. I PRAY WHEN I SHOULD PRAISE. I CRY WHEN I SHOULD PRAY. I WORSHIP WHEN I SHOULD PRAISE. HOW COULD IT BE WRONG WHEN YOU COMMANDED US TO LOVE THE LOVE THY GOD WITH ALL THY HEART, MIND, SOULD, AND STRENGTH. THE LOVE IS THERE. TEACH ME HOW TO BE IN YORU SPIRIT AT THE RIGHT TIME. TEACH ME O' LORD FORSAKE ME NOT IN THINE ANGER. CONSIDER MY DESIRE TO SURRENDER COMPLETELY. TEACH ME HOW TO SURRENDER COMPLETELY. TEACH ME HOW TO SURRENDER THE RIGHTEOUS WAY. TEACH ME HOW TO BE EMPTY AND TO STAY EMPTY. TEACH ME TO HOLD ON AND TRUST YOU WHEN MY WERETCHEDNESS DOES CHASTEN ME SORE. I WANT TO RUN AND HIDE FROM THE VERY BEING OF THIS AWFUL FLESH. YET, WHO CAN COUNSEL THEE O' LORD AND TELL THEE WHT TO MAKE. I AM BUT A LUMP OF CLAY ON THE WHEEL OF THE POTTER. WHAT WILL YOU MAKE OF ME TODAY? A VESSEL OF HONOR? A VESSEL FIT FOR DESTRUCTION? A VESSEL OF MERCY? WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE O' LORD CONCERNING ME?