Praying Through: Psalm 33:8

The Psalm

Psalm 33:8 (CSB) Let the whole earth fear the LORD; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

The Prayer

I sit

• and make no excuses
• for my sin blinds me
• my wickedness keeps me deaf
• my trespasses rob my smarts
• my treason born death in me.

I could not see your glory

• I was blind and cannot see
• and not thing in me
• could process your beauty.

I had no frame

• no knowledge
• no heart
• no love
• no life.

Therefore I did not fear you.

When I did see your glory,

• I fell in awe
• I lay prostrate in terror
• my face down because I fear
• I saw my own sin
• compare to your holiness
• and surely I would perish
• because you are too good.

But you reached down

• gave me life
• strength to my legs
• beat to my heart
• picked me up like a child
• held me close to your heart
• and whispered these words,

"I do not condemn you

• and I love you.
• You never have to sin again
• for you are mine
• and I am yours forever.'

Praise your sweet name.