Praying Through: Psalm 32:4

The Psalm

Psalm 32:4 (CSB) For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was drained as in the summer’s heat. Selah

The Prayer

My Judge and Mercy Alone

Every sin against me

does not counter
any of my sins.

Their sins are their sins.

My sins are my sins.
And you will judge accordingly.

But I know of your perfection,

your beauty
your majesty
your holiness
and your righteousness.

If you looked upon me,

you will see my treason
my affairs
my thoughts
my heart's desires
my lusts
my wickedness!

And by that,

you will be left wanting.

But it is my sins,

my treason
my trespass
my rage
my war
against you
that you looked upon
and saw my infinite shortcomings
and decided
alone upon your grace
alone upon your mercy
alone upon your sweet love
and you saved me.

How?

I was meant to die I was meant to take on the cosmos-filled wrath I was meant for hell

But you sent your Son

to die for me
to absorb every ounce of wrath
to and descend into hell
so that I might live
and move
and my being
with you
unto you
by you
through you
and from you
alone.

You are my God forever.

Forever I will love you.