The Psalm
Psalm 34 (CSB)
The Prayer
My Life and Heart
Why would you spare me?
I have seen the evil that men have done
I have seen their sins stacked up
miles above
oceans deep
filling the earth
with treachery and debauchery
My sins filled more
overfill all oceans and canyons
I have done more evil in your sight
than all of humanity
I am the supreme chief of sinners
But yet
you saw me
not the good that I could ever do
but the wickedness that was in me
and you pitied me
because I was a fool
and you sought me
because I was lost
and you loved me
because I was completely unlovable
When I saw your glory
from the deepest, darkest parts of my heart
I cried out in agony and pain,
"HAVE MERCY ON ME, A SINNER!"
And your sweetest, only begotten Son
laid his mighty hand on me
and quietly respond,
"I do not condemn you"
Now, only because of You
that I will go
and sin no more.
Praise be to your loveliest name.